This book is a real saga, a magnificent epic piece, revealing the most dark secrets of the Soviet Union under Stalin through the story of one Russian family. Moskovskaya Saga is about love which can be carried on no matter what terror you live through and about hate which never dies, punishment which always comes sooner or later, and betrayal which penetrates all corners of immortal souls. Immortality... Aksenov combines fiercely realistic description of tortures in prisons, camps, war with the idea of reincarnation, strangely in place. He brings great Russian tyrans and leaders back to life in bodies of animals... who still vaguely remember their past lives or feel they remember.
