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Roman vidomoho ispansʹkoho pysʹmennyka Fernando Aramburu "Stryz͡hi" ukraïnsʹkoi͡u drukui͡etʹsi͡a vpershe. Tvir pobudovanyĭ u formi nadzvychaĭno vidvertoho shchodennyka: tak moz͡he pysaty lyshe li͡udyna, i͡akiĭ nichoho vtrachaty. Holovnyĭ heroĭ - 54-richnyĭ uchytelʹ filosofiï, rozluchenyĭ i rozcharovanyĭ u z͡hytti: "Mene navchyly vidmini͡uvaty dii͡eslovo "li͡ubyty", prote ne navchyly li͡ubyty". Toni vyrishui͡e dobrovilʹno pity z z͡hytti͡a. Vin dai͡e sobi na "zbory" rik, shchob vporatysi͡a zi spravamy, a v ĭoho kvartyri, za svitlynoi͡u batʹka, zakhovanyĭ paketyk t͡sianystoho kalii͡u. Denʹ u denʹ, nablyz͡hai͡uchysʹ do hodyny Kh, vin zhadui͡e u notatkakh svoi͡e mynule, i͡ake mit͡sno trymai͡e heroi͡a v poloni, ta rozmirkovui͡e, shcho take shchasti͡a, kokhanni͡a, druz͡hba, zrilistʹ, u chomu poli͡ahai͡e t͡sinnistʹ z͡hytti͡a. Tepli stosunky pov"i͡azui͡utʹ lyshe z sobachkoi͡u Pepoi͡u ta i͡edynym druhom - odnonohym intelektualom Patachuloi͡u. A shche ĭoho samotnistʹ podili͡ai͡e sylikonova seks-li͡alʹka Tina, dli͡a i͡akoï vin kupui͡e dorohi parfumy. Hotui͡uchysʹ do smerti, Toni postupovo pozbavli͡ai͡etʹsi͡a svoïkh recheĭ, zokrema t͡sinnoï biblioteky: zalyshai͡e knyz͡hky v riznykh mist͡si͡akh Madryda. I kudy b ne ĭshov, nevpynno stez͡hytʹ za polʹotom stryz͡hiv, krasa i͡akykh pryti͡ahui͡e ĭ bentez͡hytʹ heroi͡a. Vin vzai͡emodii͡e z ptakhamy u snakh, de vidchuvai͡e lehkistʹ i svobodu, shcho nablyz͡hai͡etʹsi͡a, mrii͡e staty stryz͡hem, shchob staty nedosi͡az͡hnym. Same dobrovilʹna smertʹ stai͡e dli͡a Toni rysoi͡u nedosi͡az͡hnosti. To chy vdastʹsi͡a zdiĭsnyty zadumane?..

The novel "Swifts" by the famous Spanish writer Fernando Aramburu is being published in Ukrainian for the first time. The work is built in the form of an extremely Frank diary: only a person who has nothing to lose can write in this way. The main character is a 54-year-old philosophy teacher, divorced and disappointed in life: "I was taught to conjugate the verb 'to love', but I was not taught to love." Tony decides to pass away voluntarily. He gives himself a year to "collect" to cope with business, and in his apartment, behind a photo of his father, a bag of potassium cyanide is hidden. Day after day, approaching the X-hour, he recalls in his notes his past, which firmly holds the hero captive, and reflects on what happiness, love, friendship, maturity are, what is the value of life. Warm relations are connected only with the dog Pepa and the only friend — the one-legged intellectual Patachula. And his loneliness is shared by the silicone sex doll Tina, for which he buys expensive perfume. Preparing for his death, Tony gradually loses his belongings, in particular a valuable library: he leaves books in various places in Madrid. And wherever he goes, he tirelessly follows the flight of Swifts, whose beauty attracts and confuses the hero. He interacts with birds in dreams, where he feels the lightness and freedom of approaching, dreams of becoming a haircut to become unattainable. It is voluntary death that becomes a feature of unattainability for Tony. So will you be able to implement your plan?..