The Palace of Arts at 15 Copernicus Street in Lviv is gradually filling up with books, good people and good feelings, as the Book Forum continues to run through September 16. There is no shortage of people at The Day’s stand even in the morning. They come here to discuss the newspaper’s latest issue and the quality of Ukrainian politics and politicians; the debate even becomes emotional at times when somebody touches upon some sensitive issue... In short, The Day’s stand turned into an unofficial debate club, a forum inside a forum.
The first buyer of “Armor-Piercing Political Writing,” The Day’s new book series, came in the morning as soon as the fair had been officially opened. This was our regular reader, the owner of The Day’s Library complete collection Teofil Fedyk.
“To begin with, I am a fan of The Day. This is our own Ukrainian newspaper. It provides a platform for interesting people to express their opinions, and, accordingly, it can publish interesting books,” the first owner of “Armor-Piercing Political Writing” says. “I was prevented by circumstances beyond my control from obtaining a high-quality, thorough education, so I see The Day’s Library as an opportunity to ‘finish my studies.’ I have a full collection of it. ‘Armor-Piercing Political Writing’ was an obvious buy for me. This is a book for those who care about the Ukrainian state. Its authors felt and fought strongly for the Ukrainian state and social progress. Those who introduce them are also people with strong national feeling. And the target audience, too, consists of the people who care – primarily students and youth, and especially statespeople and politicians. For we have too many parties and too few people to do the state-building work…”
Another early buyer of “Armor-Piercing Political Writing” was Roksolana Savchyn who writes for Holos online newspaper:
“I am a journalist, too, and decided to drop in here before work to get The Day’s latest publication,” she said. “‘Armor-Piercing Political Writing’ attracted me with its selection of authors. I love to read the classics, I am interested in their relevance, their visionary look. As a journalist I feel a lack of quality analytics and in-depth look in the media these days. This comes in particular due to an accelerated pace of life. Superficial information is everywhere. The classic works enable measured exploration and deeper understanding of certain concepts.”
“I always visit the Book Forum, come to the city specifically for the event. The Day’s stand is among the first I come to,” says Anatolii Pohoretsky, a retired villager from Lviv region who, too, could not leave without the new publication. “This is because I am The Day’s subscriber for 10 years already. I save one-third of my monthly pension to subscribe to periodicals and purchase books. The Day is my intelligent companion. Intelligence is in short supply on TV. By the way, I share every Friday edition with my like-minded neighbors. It is so informative that one can read it entire week. I and my neighbors may be called The Day Party members and sympathizers. I was waiting for the publication of the ‘Armor-Piercing Political Writing’ publication to buy it. Where else would I find journalistic works of Kulish, Shevelov, Olzhych, Hryhorenko, Malaniuk and Samchuk, all in one book? And here, there are 15 of them in a gift box! I think that classic Ukrainian essays need reading just now, when the state is on dangerous ground – reading with a pencil in hand to take notes, as the editor-in-chief recommended.”
