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Roman Ivanychuk (1929-2016) was a famous Ukrainian writer, winner of many literary awards, including the Taras Shevchenko National Prize of Ukraine. His oeuvre includes about twenty historical novels, with which the writer filled in the gaps in our history.

The publication includes two short stories by Roman Ivanychuk, written in the last year of his life and first published in the magazines Dzvin and Kryvbas Courier (2016).

"Tango. The Touch of Love is a touching and unexpected memoir of childhood. The impression made on the writer by the passionate performance of tango, as well as the lyrics of the composer Bohdan Vesolovsky and his tragic fate, forever imprinted in his childhood memory, are insightfully recreated in the novel.

"On the Edge of the Afterlife" is the confession of a man who, having undergone a complex operation, is balancing between life and death. And what will ultimately win - the love and care of loved ones or the horror of the afterlife?