Trampling down death on life, the heroine conquers, perhaps, the most terrible thing is the very fear of her. “Duel with Death” is a realistic work, full of optimism and faith in the inexhaustible powers of man. Perhaps a more appropriate title for the novel would be “In Search of the Lost Paradise,” when this search lasts One Day, whose name is Age. But it, this name, is already classically occupied, and yet the main theme of the story is precisely the duel with death, in the broadest sense.