"She presents in this novel, set in Caucasus, in the 20th-century middle-class Russia riddled with muddled conceptions about sex, her perception of gender difference by stating that effeminate men who show deep affection to their children are homosexual, and women who are masculine in nature with independent thinking are lesbian; but both derive sexual pleasure from each other.The English edition of the novel was reviewed by the "Midwest Book Review", who described it as an "outstanding edition," and by the "Library Journal", who said that it was "highly recommended for collections of Slavic literature as well as popular fiction."