Дім на Збіччі

Roman "Dim na Zbichchi" skladai͡etʹsi͡a z p'i͡aty istoriĭ, pov'i͡azanykh miz͡h soboi͡u mist͡sem, kudy prykhodi͡atʹ heroï - koz͡hen i koz͡hna zi svoi͡eï prychyny. U brudnomu provulku Zbichchi͡a, i͡akyĭ proli͡ahai͡e miz͡h dvokh hlukhykh stin, usi t͡si li͡udy odnoho dni͡a bachatʹ mali zalizni dveri... Zvuchytʹ i͡ak typovyĭ pochatok mistychnoï istoriï, ale z͡h t͡se Devid Mitchell, i ĭoho talant vyroshchui͡e na grunti chy to saspensu, chy to prosto khymernoho detektyvu pronyzlyvi prytchi pro istynnu t͡sinnistʹ z͡hytti͡a ĭ li͡ubovi. "Dim na Zbichchi" tonko i nespodivano perehukui͡etʹsi͡a z inshymy romanamy Mitchella. I͡Ak zavz͡hdy, li͡udy v ĭoho fenteziĭnykh istorii͡akh z͡hyvi i spravz͡hni, propysani podekudy z dobroi͡u usmishkoi͡u, prote navitʹ znaĭomi z tvoramy t͡sʹoho pysʹmennyka chytachi budutʹ zaskocheni znenat͡sʹka, koly prochyni͡atʹsi͡a dveri u svit, de dii͡utʹ zovsim inshi pravyla...

The novel "Dom na Zbichchi" consists of five stories connected by the place where the characters come — each for their own reason. In a dirty alley that runs between two blank walls, all these people one day see a small iron door... It sounds like a typical beginning of a mystical story, but this is David Mitchell, and his talent grows poignant parables about the true value of life and love on the basis of either suspense or just a bizarre detective story. "House on Zbicci" subtly and unexpectedly echoes other Mitchell novels. As always, the people in his fantasy stories are alive and real, written in some places with a kind smile, but even readers familiar with the works of this writer will be caught off guard when the door opens slightly to a world where completely different rules apply...