These natural phenomena stand as a metaphor for the unnatural decisions of the powers that thaw and freeze political freedom. ‘One of the sub-themes involves changing weather: premature spring thaws are followed by cold spells with everything freezing over again.
The book's literary device is simple but clever, offering a mirror of Soviet society-especially around one of the ‘cultural thaws’ which the USSR repeatedly experienced. On re-reading it recently, the novel's magic remains. About to enter medicine, I found the book's clinical aspects exciting, although I was not yet able to interpret it with the eye of a practicing physician.
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