Otaman CHayka

Karkolomnyy syuzhet knyhy, holovni heroyi yakoyi ye real′nymy istorychnymy osobamy, ne zalyshyt′ bayduzhym chytacha. Ivan Korsak, vykorystovuyuchy archivni materialy, rekonstruyuvav i osmyslyv istoriyu Ukrayiny XIX stolittya. ZHyttya otamana CHayky (1804-1886), polyaka z ukrayins′koyu hrupoyu krovi, spovneno duchom avanturnytstva y dyvovyzhnych, pochasty paradoksal′nych povorotiv doli. Vidomyy istoryk pol′s′koyi literatury Zyhmunt SHveykovs′kyy pysav: CHaykovs′kyy zavzhdy vvazhav sebe polyakom, ale ideya nezalezhnoyi Pol′schi bez sumnivu bula dlya n′oho druhoryadnoyu spravoyu. U yoho svidomosti vona nerozryvno povyazana z ideyeyu vil′noyi Ukrayiny, i bez neyi povnistyu vtrachala dlya n′oho pryvablyvist′ i sens.