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The publication contains the novel "The City" by Valerian Pidmohylnyi (1901-1937), a classic of Ukrainian literature, a master of urban and psychological prose. The writer's works are distinguished by a unique artistic style, linguistic pattern, and bold images.

The protagonist of The City, Stepan Radchenko, is a dreamer with a hot heart and a loose soul. He is a sceptic who knows that betraying once means betraying forever. Ambitious and capable, he burns bridges in his wake, striving to conquer the city - a temporarily alien and desirable world for him. A tireless experimenter, he falls in love and makes women fall in love with him, explores his own self and the limits of what is permissible. Will he manage not to lose himself in the kaleidoscope of days and the whirlwind of events? Stepan is testing the city to the limit, and it is testing him. But will there be a winner in this confrontation?

A shocking, ironic, and modern classic for those who want to know how the literature of the first third of the twentieth century depicts the individual's challenge to the world and to himself.