Shortly after she told Mykola about the news, a fire started in the house where she was spending time with her friends.
While abroad, Oksana felt lonely, bothered by the feeling that Mykola would die in a car accident (which had almost happened several times already).
Although Oksana and Mykola eventually met after all the unfortunate accidents, their life together in the United States was not very long.
The couple constantly argued, and finally Mykola who ended up with no money, left Oksana.
Her American friend Donna commented on her story saying that "Eastern European men are really rude, but at least they have passion, but what do ours have?
In general, the language of the main character is characterized by long, complex sentences, with many complications and punctuation marks.
[clarification needed] Oksana, in the voice of her hero, admits that if she had written, for example, in Russian or English, her books would not have been lying around for years on the shelves of Kyiv bookstores.
Oksana Zabuzhko presents a new concept of sexuality and personality of a woman, which was formed on feminist views.
[4] In her work, the writer created a new type of woman character who is an intellectual and faces different gender issues.