Місто з химерами

A detective novel about Kyiv and the life of the architect Władysław Horodecki, who lived in the city in the early twentieth century, told on several levels. One is documentary: Horodecki as the author imagines him, a ladies' man, a dandy, the owner of the first private car in Kyiv, a hunter and marksman who walked the streets with a monkey on his shoulder and led a double life. One is a detective story: two teenage friends try to work out why he built a museum in the shape of the letter L and where his lost drawings are hidden. And one is mystical: three buildings decorated with strange creatures form a triangle on the map of the city, and everyone who comes near the riddle dreams of a serpent.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

160 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

Ukraine, early 20th century

First published

2009 by Грані-Т

Author's age

52 when first published

ISBN

9789664652237 (original)