Maya Kucherskaya, the author of the small book “Modern Patericon”, which became a big event (Bunin Prize for 2006), in her new novel “God of Rain” “literally walked on a tight string, never taking a wrong step. She raised a problem that is insoluble in principle: what to do with a feeling, deep and beautiful, if this feeling, nevertheless, is lawless and unacceptable” (Maria Remizova). Having rewritten her youthful tale of forbidden love, Maya Kucherskaya has created a book that will take your breath away.