Publication Place: Менск
Publication Date: 2002
Publisher: Pro Christo
Book Series: Бібліятэка часопіса Наша вера
Sizes: 352 с., 17 см
ISBN: ISBN 985-6628-18-0
Category: Belles-Lettres
Copyright © 2002 by Ірына Жарнасек
Book Collection: KAMUNIKAT — this site (online version); MiOKB — the library of the Belarusian Culture Community and Museum, ul. 3 Maja 42, Hajnówka (hardcopy)
Copy Numbers: MiOKB — [8424]
The book of prose by Iryna Zharnasek includes stories connected with each other. Gadara is a place mentioned in the Scripture. It is the site where Jesus exorcised demons from a man and sent them into a herd of swine which then proceeded to jump into the sea. The book consists of two parts. The Night after Calvary features the author’s reflections on various aspects of the Bible, which is always topical. The other part, When the Bells Keep Silent, includes the author’s reflections on the present. Characters in her stories often face the dilemma between good and evil, nobleness and meanness, faithfulness and treason. (N.H.)
Poems are something unusual for Iryna Zharnasek, author of stories, the novel Be It Your Will, fairy tales and stories for children. The book came as a surprise for the author too. What is good about writing is that it can surprise both readers and authors. In her poems, Iryna Zharnasek searches for God. She wrote the poems thinking about God, and the meaning and purpose of life. It might have been easier for the prose writer to put... More »
Раман «Будзь воля Твая» распавядае чытачам ХХІ стагоддзя пра адну з трагічных старонак гісторыі нашай Бацькаўшчыны мінулага стагоддзя – расіцкую трагедыю. Бязмежная любоў і жорсткая нянавісць, грэх братазабойства і гатоўнасць на ахвяру дзеля бліжняга, бяздумнае бязбожніцтва і вялікая вера ў Божы Провід – усё гэта чытач сустрэне ў рамане Ірыны Жарнасек. Героямі яго з’яўляюцца як гістарычныя асобы – блаславёныя айцы марыяне Антоні Ляшчэві... More »
A Dispute Between Angels by Zharnasek Iryna The fairy tale by Iryna Zharnasek is intended primarily for children but parents and children should read it together. Some people know for sure about the existence of angels, some just guess they exist, while others reject such a possibility. Iryna Zharnasek writes in user-friendly terms about good and bad angels. Their conflicting nature sparks a clash between the white and black guardian... More »
Games Over the Well by Zharnasek Iryna The book by Iryna Zharnasek is a retrospective of human memory, feelings and sentiments that are evoked by memories. The book features three novellas, each about a separate human fate, a separate story, but a very complicated one reminiscent of the fates of thousands of others. Life in recollections, life on the crossroads when one must make a choice and cannot make it. The characters are peopl... More »
Першая кніга маладога празаіка ўключае апавяданні, героямі якіх з'яўляюцца нашы сучаснікі. У творах раскрываецца праўда жыцця, узнімаюцца праблемы, якія хвалююць нашу моладзь, дзе б яна ні жыла,— у горадзе ці ў вёсцы: сяброўства i кахання, вернасць чалавечаму i грамадзянскаму абавязку, адказнасць за лёс роднай зямлі. More »