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On the 352 pages of this book, we present the stories "Thorn in the Foot", "The Hutsul King", "How Yura Shykmaniuk crossed Cheremosh" and the story "Petriyas and Dovbushchuks".

According to literary critic Ihor Pelypeiko, «Hutsulshchyna in Franko's stories is depicted in a peculiar way. The writer is interested in social, psychological and philosophical problems, not ethnography, love themes or exotic nature. Here, he searched for a peculiar compositional form capable of conveying the peculiarities of the Hutsul psyche and the depth of his reflections on life.

The book is illustrated with old Hutsul photographs.