31-й номер художньо-публіцистичного альманаху «Єгупець» присвячено 80-м роковинам трагедії Бабиного Яру. Номер відкриває експертна анкета про осмислення цієї трагедії. Серед респондентів – провідні інтелектуали сучасності, Адам Поморський (літературознавець, перекладач, президент польського ПЕН-клубу), Юрій Щербак (письменник, громадський діяч, Надзвичайний і Повноважний посол України, експосол в Ізраїлі, США, Мексиці й Канаді), Маріанна Кіяновська (поетка, перекладачка, літературознавиця), Девід Саттер (американський журналіст та публіцист, автор книг «Доба безумства. Занепад і кінець Радянського Союзу» (Дух і Літера, 2018), «Менше знаєш, краще спиш. Шлях Росії до терору та диктатури за Єльцина та Путіна» (Дух і Літера, 2016), (more…)
This book is an impartial biography of the most famous Ukrainian playwright of the Soviet period, Oleksandr Korniychuk (1905–1972). He was the most odious representative of Ukrainian culture and theatrical establishment of the twentieth century. Having won all possible awards, Korniychuk came across as someone, who, when it came to staging, impersonated drawbacks of the Soviet ideology with all its Byzantinesque self-perception and hidden anti-humanism of the socialistic experiment.
Isaac Bashevis Singer (1904–1991) was one of the most famous representatives of Yiddish literature and a laureate of the 1978 Nobel Prize in Literature. In his works, he touched upon various periods of life of Eastern European Jewry yet some topics interested him constantly since they stemmed from the experiences of the twentieth century. Those were obsession with ideologies and demons; the justification of God who allows the unchangeable to happen; ethical co-existence with others, animals in particular; and a choice not to cause harm. (more…)
The book by Bella Shaier, an Israeli writer born in Chernivtsi, consists of two novelettes and a short story. The first novelette is dedicated to the Chernivtsi streetlife of the 1960s. Its characters are children yet this delicate psychological work full of precise observations is not for children. The second piece tells about the twenty years of life of two Tel Avivians, Galit and Gordon, touching upon the topics of love, family relations, and unrealizable dreams. The storyline of the short and dramatic story Fortwo revolves around the issues of loneliness, emigration, and family relations and also takes place in Israel.
The book Children’s Mate was shortlisted for the prestigious Israeli Sapir Prize and awarded the prize of the city of Ramat Gan. This is the first complete translation of the book.
