"The Cathedral" is a philosophical novel in which important social and national problems are considered from the point of view of eternal humanistic truths, by which human civilization must be guided in order not to come to destruction and destruction. In the center of the work is the problem of the spirituality of a modern person, or more precisely, the problem of the spirituality of a modern Ukrainian. Therefore, it is closely related to the problems of parents and children, succession of generations, preservation of historical memory and national dignity, national nihilism, apostasy from one's people. The novel consists of many chapters, each of which tells about one of the heroes. But all of them are united by the image of the cathedral, which is the epicenter of the events unfolding around it.

 He can be called the main character of the novel. It became a real artistic discovery of Oles Honchar, it was perceived as a painful warning for all Ukrainians. It was because of this image that the author was so sharply criticized, and the work was banned for a long time...

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