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The proposed collection is the first book edition in Ukraine of the works of Jerzy Stempowski (1893 - 1969), a significant figure in Polish culture, one of the most prominent Polish essayists of the twentieth century, who was born in Ukraine, in Podillia, and was associated with Ukrainian culture from childhood. His longstanding friendship connected him, in particular, with Yevhen Malaniuk, and he was even the godfather of Yevhen Malaniuk's son, Bohdan.

The basis of the proposed edition is one of Jerzy Stempowski's best collections, Essays for Cassandra, to which is added the famous essay "The Smugglers' Library" from the collection From Berdychiv to Rome. A characteristic feature of this essay is the constant presence of historical analogies and a broad cultural context, thanks to which the events, sociological phenomena, or human destinies being commented on receive unexpected coverage and appear from a completely unexpected angle. We hope that Stempowski's wonderful prose will become not only an interesting intellectual adventure, but also an important element of the dialogue between Polish and Ukrainian cultures.