About the book: 1982 / Alexander Kovinka is one of the oldest humorous writers in Ukraine. In his work, A. Kovinka continues the traditions of the wonderful Ukrainian satirist Ostap Vishny. The main theme of the writer’s stories and stories is the Ukrainian village in the pre-revolutionary past and present. The author makes extensive use of rich folk humor, sometimes benevolent and condescending, sometimes sly, sometimes mocking, sometimes mercilessly evil, destroying with its irony. His lively and cheerful word castigates, first of all, those who interfere with life and work - careless business executives, embezzlers, bureaucrats, loafers and grabbers, as well as religious superstitions and ignorance. Mocking the shortcomings encountered in everyday life, A. Kovinka writes with a kind smile about positive phenomena in our reality, about good Soviet people.