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141 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1996
‘Eastern fatalism, oh yes—the Russians have it; we’re in worse shape, we, actually, are neither here nor there, Europe has managed to infect us with the raving fever of individual desire, faith in our personal “Yes I can!”—however, we never developed a foundation for such faith…our Ukranian “I can!” helpless and alone. Amen.’
“Схiдний фаталiзм, еге ж, — у росiян це є, з нами гiрше, складнiше, ми, власне, нi се, нi те, Європа встигла заразити нас мутною гарячкою iндивiдуальної хотi, вiрою у власне "можу!" — одначе пiдстав для його справдження, чiпких структур, котрi б те "можу!" пiдхоплювали й тримали, ми нiколи не виробили, шамотаючись вiками на днi iсторiї, — наше вкраїнське "можу!" самотнє i тому безсиле. Амiнь.”
“Eastern fatalism, oh yes—the Russians have it; we’re in worse shape, we, actually, are neither here nor there, Europe has managed to infect us with the raving fever of individual desire, faith in our personal “Yes I can!”—however, we never developed a foundation for such faith, those structures that might support that “I can!” and thus have tussled about for ages at the bottom of history—our Ukrainian “I can!” helpless and alone. Amen.”