The novel is described as the favorite book of the author of The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Tartar | Fire in the Steppe | Steppe Front | The Endless Steppe | Tartar river | ''Tartar'' | ''Minusinsk Steppe'', by Vasily Surikov | Mehdi Tartar | Kəbirli, Tartar | '''Fig. 23''': Small-patterned Tartar-style textiles are worn by Gabriel | Brook Steppe | Bala Kəngərli, Tartar |