‘Saints Don’t Pronounce Letter R’

(informal book review)

Quiet and invisible, like illegal drugs. Calm as an experienced killer. Silent as the real truth. And tall.”
Novella “Genius and Composition” by Romko Chykharivskiy

This little book, printed with a circulation of only 1,000 copies, fell into my hands quite naturally. I subscribe to the ‘Dreams of Chikharivsky’ Telegram channel and was referred to the owner’s Instagram account. There was a link to buy his book, which brought me back to Telegram, but already to a chat with Roman (today he is better known as PanRomanBlog). I ordered 2 books, for a friend and myself, there are even autographs on the endpapers.

Saints Don’t Pronounce Letter R’ is his debut book, Roman wrote it at the age of 16 and published it with the support of the National Center ‘The Minor Academy of Sciences of Ukraine.’ The book even has several reviews from famous people, such as Andriy Lyubka, Skryabin, Taras Prokhasko, Sashko Lirnyk. The book is dedicated to M. Semenova.

This is a miscellany of 20 short stories, one of which has the same title as the entire book. The characters are different everywhere (there is even a story about the civilization of ancient moles.), they are in different conditions and have different social statuses. They are connected by the place of action; they live in Ukraine, even in timeless Ukraine («безчасовій» Україні).

Different things happen to them here; some pass away, some leave home, some remain silent, some find a new faith. I was impressed by the dynamic plots and very unexpected endings in such small stories. There are 20 microcosms living on 88 pages; it is incredible, isn’t it?

The novel uses very bright, ‘straight-grained’ vocabulary (I even googled some of the words!). The author is very knowledgeable, each short story has a musical epigraph by niche Ukrainian bands.

Miscellany can be read in half an hour. But I stretched the pleasure, rereading each novel several times and finding new and new meanings. My Mom also liked the book, which is a good sign. I give 10 Pan Roman’s kebabs out of 10.

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