Knyzhka «Usi vohni - vohon′» proponuye visim neperevershenych vzirtsiv chudozhn′oyi doskonalosti, yakoyu poznacheni novely CHulio Kortasara. Pochynayuchy razyuchoyu metaforoyu lyuds′kych stosunkiv, yakoyu ye «Pivdenna avtostrada», i zakinchuyuchy shedevrom, scho nym ye «Inshe nebo», Kortasar vkotre proponuye nam istoriyi, yaki ye obov’yazkovymy dlya prochytannya shanuval′nykamy korotkoyi prozy. TSe novely, napysani na mezhi azartnoyi hry i shachiv, lohiky i pidkydannya monetky, yaki mayut′ na meti po-novomu zdyvuvaty nas starymy zahadkamy: prystrastyamy, vyhadanymy zhyttyamy, paralel′nymy prostoramy y chasamy, povsyakdennymy fiktsiyamy.