Trahediya Troyandovoyi aleyi. YEvreys′ki istoriyi

Peru avstriys′koho pys′mennyka Leopol′da fon Zacher-Mazocha (1836—1895) nalezhat′ istorychni narysy, filosofs′ki romany, pobutovi opovidannya, prytchi ta pyesy. Mytets′ vidomyy takozh yak avtor tvoriv na erotychni temy, a termin «mazochizm» napryamu povyazanyy z yoho im’yam. Tvorchist′ Zacher-Mazocha vysoko otsinyuvaly vydatni frantsuz′ki pys′mennyky CHICH st. Knyha mistyt′ dvi seriyi opovidan′ z yevreys′koho zhyttyesvitu. Heroyi pershoho tsyklu tvoriv rozkydani provintsiynymy mistechkamy Uhorschyny, Hollandiyi, Rumuniyi, Avstriyi toscho. Vony schyro pryv’yazani do krayiny, v yakiy narodylysya, prote zberihayut′ sviy tradytsiynyy zhyttyevyy ustriy, yich poyednuye hlyboka relihiynist′, bezmezhne terpinnya ta nadzvychayna prats′ovytist′. U opovidannyach, scho spovneni pikantnych kontrastiv, zhvavych dialohiv, teploho humoru, rozkryvayut′sya naykraschi yakosti syniv Izrayilyu: zhyttyelyubnist′, rozum, vynachidlyvist′, ironichnist′, myloserdya. Do druhoho tsyklu uviyshly try opovidannya pro yevreys′kyy svit Halychyny. Pys′mennyk iz dyvovyzhnoyu obiznanistyu ta pronyklyvistyu vysvitlyuye temu kul′turnoho fenomenu spivisnuvannya ortodoksal′nych yevreyiv, selyan ta pol′s′koyi shlyachty. Vydannya proilyustrovane promovystymy malyunkamy ta hravyuramy vidomych chudozhnykiv CHICH st. Opovidannya, scho uviyshly do knyhy, vpershe perekladeni ukrayins′koyu movoyu.