Voropai, Oleksa

Pryhody Marka Chubatoho: povist' [The Adventures of Marko Chubaty]

London: Ukrainsʹka Dumka, 1954. Item #1529

100 pages. 22 cm. Text in Ukrainian. Softcover in printed wrappers with cover design by Robert Lisovskyi, a renowned Ukrainian artist and graphic designer associated with the traditions of Mykhailo Boychuk and Heorhii Narbut. Printed in Great Britain by M. Caplin & Co. Press Ltd., Croydon. Fair copy. Wrappers show age toning, light soiling, and edge wear; spine rubbed with partial separation from the text block. Internally clean and sound.

A historical-adventure tale by Oleksa Voropai (1906–1988), better known for his celebrated ethnographic work Zvychai nashoho narodu (The Customs of Our People). With humor and vivid narration, the story recreates the events of the 1910s–1920s through the fictional voice of a peasant from the village of Khytrovtsi in the Poltava region.

Price: $60.00