
This is humorous and ironical interpretation of the collusion theory issue that is highly exploited in the modern pop-culture. The main character unexpectedly discovers the mystery of the ecumenical collusion which he has to reveal and to do away with it. Though the ecumenical collusion according to Deresh is not an instrument for the manipulation aimed at getting power and wealth. Besides, “Secret order” involves no powers brokers, wizards or elite representatives but rather invisible demiurges playing with this world because they know the secretive mechanics of existence. At the same time the illusion surrounding those “uninitiated” is the ordinary Euclidian geometry taught at school. Grotesque nature of this intrigue is stressed by the author with the help of the fact that the collusion theory itself and the means of opposing it are declared and performed by people representing youth drug culture. Besides everything takes place in their consciousness which is deformed by psychoactive agents. The story is developing amidst weird, often tumbledown and abandoned buildings and places of present-day Lviv. Representatives of different youth subculture backgrounds meet there. The novel reveals peculiar features of concourses and rituals of “urban subcultures”… Main characters of the novel travel around Lviv like in the labyrinth. The story abounds in dynamic adventures, unexpected denouements and uncommon observations. Deresh himself also appears in his text as the author and as a character as well. He uses universal cultural codes which help the book to be popular and comprehensible for the wide reading audience. Awards: prize-winner of readers’ rating of Korrespondent magazine in 2006 Granted licenses: Germany: Suhrkamp Verlag (Books) Poland: Proszynski i S-ka (Books) Ukraine: Company CDcom (Audio-book (CD)) Ukraine: Folio Publishers (Books) Lyubko Deresh is a young and yet famous Ukrainian author. Born in Lviv, he studied economics in the University of Lviv. But from an early age he dreamed to be a doctor. The anatomy atlases of his mother were so bright and intriguing, that he decided to become a surgeon at the age of 7. His father knew nothing about Lyubko’s fragile dreams. He wanted Lyubko to indulge in sports, for example rowing. In opposition to him Lyubko decided to practice music, so he started to play the saxophone at a local music school. At the age of 14 Lyubko Deresh left school for a Physical-Mathematical Liceum in Lviv, and studied Chemistry and Biology there. It was a good step from his side to accomplish his intents to become a doctor. Till that moment he changed his mind just a little: now Lyubko dreamed to be a psychiatrist. Lyubko imagined psychiatry to be almost as bright way of living life as becoming a surgeon, but—more intelligent. Deresh has written two books for younger children, a number of essays and five novels: Kult (Cult), Pokloninnya yaschirzi (Worshiping the Lizard), ARCHE, Namir! (Aim!) and Trohy pitmy (A Bit of Darkness). The media have proclaimed him a Ukrainian Stephen King, and every one of Deresh’s new books arouses great interest of both his fans and the press. Several prominent Ukrainian publishing houses have bought licenses to print his books, and four of his novels have been released as audio books. Deresh’s works have been translated into several languages and printed in Poland, Germany, France and Italy. Currently, Bulgarian and Romanian versions of his books are scheduled to be published. Awards, Stipends: 2003 — prize-winner of the national Ukrainian rating “Book of the Year” 2004 — one-month stipend “Literatur Colloquium Berlin” (Berlin, Germany) 2005 — three-month stipend “Villa Decius&rdquo
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Любко Дереш (* 10 серпня 1984, Пустомити, Україна) — сучасний український письменник. Повне ім'я — Любомир Андрійович Дереш. Народився у місті Пустомити Львівської області, закінчив Львівський фізико-математичний ліцей та економічний факультет Львівського університету. В 15 років Любко Дереш написав свій перший роман — «Культ», а виданий він був, коли автору виповнилося вісімнадцять. Книга молодого письменника відразу ж викликала неабияку хвилю пристрасних дебатів у молодіжних кав’ярнях і модних редакціях. Роман був перекладений на кілька іноземних мов. Згодом вийшли романи Дереша, які стали національними бестселерами («Поклоніння ящірці», «Архе», «Намір!», «Трохи пітьми», «Голова Якова»). Lyubko Deresh (* 10 August 1984, Pystomyty, Ukraine) — is a contemporary Ukrainian writer. Full name—Liubomyr Andriyovych Deresh. Born in Pystomyty near Lviv, in 1984, Deresh graduated from Lviv physics-mathimatics lyceum and got his undergraduate degree in Economics from Lviv University. At the age of 15 Deresh wrote his first novel, Cult (an excert from Cult was translated by Peter Constantine and published in the "Fiction" magazine in 2008), which he managed to publish 3 years later in 2001 when he turned eighteen. Young writer's quickly gained prominence thanks to the success of Cult. The novel has been translated into multiple languages. Afterwards, Deresh published a number of successful novels, among them «Of lizard generation», «Архе», «Intent!», «A bit of darkness», «Yakov's head»). Source/джерело: Wikipedia