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The proposed collection is the first book edition in Ukraine of the works by Jerzy Stempowski (1893-1969), a significant figure in Polish culture, one of the most prominent Polish essayists of the twentieth century, who was associated with Ukrainian culture since childhood. He had a long-standing friendship with Yevhen Malaniuk, in particular, and was even the godfather of Yevhen Malaniuk's son Bohdan.

The basis of the proposed publication is one of Jerzy Stempowski's best collections, Essays for Cassandra, to which is added the famous essay "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, 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.