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"In the world where eyes are considered to be an atavism, and the ability to see – madness, a sighted young man emerges. They try to cure Gabr, but he is already destined to discover the terrible secret of rulers of this grand skyscraper state, where millions of people are controlled by electronic sensors and have no clue about their living in the clouds... Will he manage to escape the Ministry of Control? Three worlds, three loves, and the eternal longing for freedom and light – that's what makes Melnyk's novel a spiritual phenomenon." "For some reason, it seems that it's the prose that is destined to endure time. We have not yet had such a writer." BBC UKRAINE, Ukraine
In Ukrainian. Type of the edition: hard cover
Format: 126x200 mm
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: Bookclub, Kharkiv
Contents: - Maria Matios. Svoboda ukrajins‘koho lytovtsja Jaroslava Mel‘nyka - DALEKYY PROSTIR: Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4
Publisher: BookClub
Catalogue number: ISBN 9789661456845
Year: 2013
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