Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. A Biographical Preface about the Author ix
5. En Route Endeavours xvii
6. Author’s Introduction xix
7. Autobiographical Essay
8. The Central-Eastern Revision 5
9. Culturological and Political Essays
10. Erz-Herz-Perz 55
11. The City-Ship 64
12. Carpathologia Cosmophilica 70
13. Time and Place, or My Final Territory 80
14. A Little Bit of Urban Studies 88
15. What Language Are You From: A Ukrainian Writer among the Temptations of Temporariness 98
16. Meeting Place Germaschka 109
17. Four Million for Our Agents 122
18. A Land of Dreams 125
19. The Star Absinthe: Notes on a Bitter Anniversary 133
20. Love and Hatred in Kyiv 143
21. Seven Hundred Fierce Days, or the Role of a Contrabass in the Revolution 146
22. Notes 157
23. Index 165