Notes of a Snub-Nosed Mephistopheles

Volodymyr Vynnychenko is a master of words, his language is rich, colorful, emotional, and it accurately conveys all the nuances of the feelings and experiences of the characters. The writer provoked many intellectual conflicts and managed to build a brilliant political and literary career.
«Notes of a Snub-Nosed Mephistopheles» is the first Ukrainian novel about the open relationship between a man and a woman. The main character of the novel, Yakiv Mykhailiuk, nicknamed Snub-Nosed Mephistopheles, leads a dissolute lifestyle, neglecting morality and ethics, not disdaining manipulation of like-minded people, comrades and women. But one day he himself falls into such a game in which he cannot control the players. And this game concerns a woman. Vynnychenko, with subtle psychologism, reveals the inner world of his characters and depicts their contradictory feelings, motives and actions, forcing readers to think about the complexity of human nature.