A novel, briefly, can be defined with one word—powerful. Powerful in everything: in the plot, in its energy that cannot be analyzed, in a special, unique style. It is an endlessly talented blend of the realities of our life—hard and cruel, philosophically deep: the predetermined nature of life and the naive “ignorance” of a person, as well as a piercing sharpness of feelings—not only in love, but also in vice, passion, and human weakness. And at the same time, an extraordinarily subtle humor is used in depicting characters, comparisons, and images.