Іван Чендей "Вибрані твори" (Повiсть)

The first volume includes the writer's best stories about the life of Transcarpathian peasants in the past and present, about the imperishable spiritual values preserved by the people, and the novel Birds Leave Their Nests... about the construction of a hydroelectric power station in a Verkhovyna village, about the changes that take place in the psychology of people who have become involved in the creation of a new one.

The second volume includes the writer's best stories about the hard, disenfranchised life of peasants in Transcarpathia in the pre-Soviet period. The reader is presented with a Verkhovyna village with its anxieties and joys, worries and aspirations. The writer recreates the complex spiritual world of people who are entering a new life, overcoming old ideas and habits.