CGlanovsky: As much a story about the trials of individuals as a sweeping portrait and critique of an era.

ncgraham: Both great classics, with orphaned girls and themes of redemption.

ncgraham: Both stories of men who commit public crimes ... and yet the outcomes are very different.

raton-liseur: Des thèmes similaires, dans une prose étourdissante et avec une ironie mordante.

CGlanovsky: Cast of interconnected characters are subjected to historical pressures through years-worth of events surrounding a revolution. Issues of paternity and social justice.

morryb: Both have a main character who adopts a daughter and the struggle of letting her go.

morryb: Both speak to the struggle of adopting a child and then letting them up later.