This is a saga of our lives—with our sorrows, joys, hopes, and despair. It is a large, vivid portrait of Russia going through the most tormenting decades of its history. It is a narrative about people, at different times and under different circumstances, making their moral choice. And finally, it is a book about the tragedy of a person dying on the path to the truth.
Magazine publications of the novel were awarded the “Vents” literary prize in 2008.