Abstract

In the paper, the contemporary theoretical and literary views on realist forms of writing represented in post-postmodern fiction are discussed. Borys Fynkelshteyn’s recent book of short stories “It Came to Pass…” is analyzed as a form of cultural memory (a software of historical memory according to Alexander Etkind) and an example of autobiografiction based on real facts and true personal experience of the (post)Soviet reality. Fynkelshteyn’s narratives exploit the motif of transformation of Soviet reality, taking into account the real-life examples of Ukraine from the past to the present. Fynkelshteyn has provided a philosophical basement for his writings by working with the issues of new existentialism. The writer has outlined the theory of superdeterminism, which, according to his theory, has an impact on human life in general. In his stories, Fynkelshteyn exploits reality as an illusory phenomenon; however, humans can achieve ontological forms of reality with intellect and intuition as a special sort of “atomic” (basic) connection of life material with the universe. Fynkelshteyn has provided a discussion with some European philosophers and developed it, analyzing such phenomena as intellect, fate, will, coincidences, etc. Fynkelshteyn analyzes changes in human lives and comes to philosophical conclusions about the determined unexpectedness of life.