Originalitatea prozei lui Eliade consta in rezultatzd deliberatei ambiguizari, pana aproape de limita nu putem hdelege efectiv, integral, despre ce e vorba, desi simtim ca se petrec lucruri importante, profunde, extraordinare, aflate in imediata, ametitoarea proximitate a unor mari, esentiale mistere ale existentei, ale lumii. Ion Bogdan Lefter
Romanian-born historian of religion, fiction writer, philosopher, professor at the University of Chicago, and one of the pre-eminent interpreters of world religion in the last century. Eliade was an intensely prolific author of fiction and non-fiction alike, publishing over 1,300 pieces over 60 years. He earned international fame with LE MYTHE DE L'ÉTERNAL RETOUR (1949, The Myth of the Eternal Return), an interpretation of religious symbols and imagery. Eliade was much interested in the world of the unconscious. The central theme in his novels was erotic love.