▁de als ▁with ▁the ▁life ▁of ▁German ▁youth ▁in ▁post - war ▁Germany , ▁is ▁like wise ▁considered ▁a ▁new ▁word ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ▁fiction . ▁The ▁roots ▁of ▁T arna w sky ' s ▁early ▁works ▁lie ▁almost ▁exclus ively ▁in ▁Western ▁literature , ▁in ▁particular ▁in ▁His pan ic ▁poetry ▁and ▁the ▁poetry ▁of ▁the ▁French ▁pre - symbol ists , ▁sur real ism , ▁and ▁the ▁philosophy ▁of ▁exist ential ism . <0x09> ▁With ▁time , ▁his ▁technical ▁and ▁lingu istic ▁background ▁began ▁to ▁ex ert ▁more ▁and ▁more ▁influence ▁on ▁his ▁literary ▁work , ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁which ▁it ▁emp lo ys ▁a ▁rad ically ▁new ▁use ▁of ▁language , ▁as ▁for ▁instance ▁in ▁the ▁volumes ▁of ▁poetry ▁Without ▁Spain ▁( 1 9 6 9 , ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ) ▁and ▁Question na ires ▁( 1 9 7 0 , ▁in ▁Ukrain ian ) ▁and ▁the ▁nov els ▁Men ing itis ▁( 1 9 7 8 , ▁in ▁English ) ▁and ▁Three ▁Bl ond es ▁and ▁Death ▁( 1 9 9 3 , ▁in ▁English ). ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s ▁T arna w sky ▁switched ▁fully ▁to ▁writing ▁in ▁English , ▁first ▁in ▁fiction ▁and ▁then ▁in ▁poetry ; ▁although ▁in ▁the ▁latter ▁he ▁subsequently ▁made ▁Ukrain ian ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁English - language ▁works ▁( the ▁volume ▁This ▁Is ▁How ▁I ▁Get ▁Well ▁( 1 9 7 8 ) ▁and ▁the ▁next ▁five ▁collections ). ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁group ▁of ▁innov ative ▁American