"We have nothing left to give them, Onache," his wife, Nuța, whispered from the shadows. Her voice was like dry corn husks. "They took the grain. They took the horses. If you give away this last sack of potatoes to the widow Vera, we will be eating the mud off our boots by March."
Condiția țăranului basarabean și lupta sa pentru supraviețuire spirituală în fața tăvălugului istoriei. Ion Druta Povara Bunatatii Noastre Comentariu Literar
Romanul este o dilogie epică, structurată în două părți mari, care reflectă perioade istorice distincte și transformări profunde ale societății rurale: "We have nothing left to give them, Onache,"
The second part, Povara bunătății noastre , continues the narrative, showing the effects of the Soviet regime, the establishment of the kolkhoz, and the new ideological pressures on the traditional community, represented by characters like Mircea Moraru, who rises to power in the collective farm. They took the horses