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The events of the famous novel by the leading Ukrainian writer Yuriy Vynnychuk The Apothecary take place in 1646-1648, first in the Venetian Republic and then in Lviv. The historical backdrop is skilfully used for a fascinating game of real and unreal, where historical characters coexist with fictional ones, and their complex relationships form love triangles. Fantasy descriptions sound like real ones, and the author's fiction fades into the background, making the reader believe in a world woven from a dream. Yuriy Vynnychuk's prose is always an intriguing narrative thanks to the vivid imagination of the master of exquisite stylisations.