Malon umyraye

U druhomu romani neofitsiynoyi Beketivs′koyi trylohiyi staryy Malon vede vnutrishniy monoloh pro svoye zhyttya, ochikuyuchy na smert′. Prykutyy do lizhka, vin vyhaduye i pryhaduye istoriyi, v yakych mezha mizh real′nistyu i vyhadkoyu — rozmyta, a personazhi — frahmentarni. Beket vidkydaye tradytsiynu syuzhetnu opovid′, schob pokazaty nemozhlyvist′ dosyahnuty bud′-yakoyi mety, pyshuchy y rozpovidayuchy istoriyi.