УКРАЇНСЬКА РЕЦЕПЦІЯ ПОЛЬСЬКОГО ХУДОЖНЬОГО РЕПОРТАЖУ: ПОСТРАДЯНСЬКІ РЕЦИДИВИ І СИНДРОМ ПОСТКОЛОНІАЛЬНОЇ ПУСТКИ

For the first time in Ukrainian literary studies the specificity of the Ukrainian reception of reportages by J. Hugo-Bader describing post-Soviet reality on the territories of Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Transnistria is analyzed. For Ukrainian readers, it is particularly important to read these texts through the prism of their own experience of life after the collapse of the Soviet colossus. The Ukrainian success of White Fever is evidenced by the fact that it has undoubtedly been a powerful stimulus to rethink the phenomenon of modern Russia and to overcome this deformed reality of delirium tremens, in which post-communist freedom is a curse. In the article, special attention is paid to text-reactions, discussing Hugo-Bader’s linguistic skill and his reporter’s method of “hugging” the interlocutor in order to create texts showing not only the unknown reality, but also evoking empathy.