Possessing an undoubted talent for writing, Elena Model easily keeps the reader in the field of attraction of her artistic world, dynamic plot, and free flow of author's speech with her narration. It is impossible to "pretend" to be a writer, the text exposes talent or lack of it, writing is born out of an indomitable desire to "have your say" about the meaning of life and creativity. Elena Modelo manages to create a portrait, character, intrigue, and conflict with the help of details, one touch of the artist's brush on the canvas. The rhythm of her prose sounds, you want to pronounce and listen to her prose. Laconism does not destroy polyphony, but gives the narrative harmony, a special combination of words, sentences, dialogues and descriptions.Elena Galitskikh, Professor at VYATGSU, Head of the Department of Russian and Foreign Literature