Mykola Gogol, Vasyl Stefanyk, Olena Teliha, Ivan Bahrianyi, Mykhailo Kotsiubynskyi, Mykola Khvylovyi — classics we think we know everything about. But what if we read their works as if for the first time? Filter their lives through our own experiences and constantly ask: what were their relationships with their parents? Did they consciously choose the Ukrainian language? What kind of teenagers were they? Did popular mass literature shape them? What challenges did they face at twenty? What difficult life choices stood before them in their thirties, when another wave of terror came to Ukrainian soil? Are there forgotten and little-known masterpieces beyond the usual canon that are especially relevant now? Oleksandr and Pavlo Mykhed, son and father, writer and literary scholar, invite you on a journey through two centuries of Ukrainian literature — from stories about the lives of the classics to conversations about generations of Ukrainians who repeatedly face terrible trials.
