The novel gained popularity largely due to its widespread dissemination on Ethiopian radio during the Derg regime.

When his father Bogale was young, he lost his parents and lived in poor conditions until encountering a rich woman named Wudenesh, whose three husbands tragically died.

Sahle Sellassie Berhane Mariam, commissioned by Heinemann to write a report on the book ahead of a potential translation, wrote:Masterfully grafted to this love theme unfolds another, more serious story – the relation of the traditional nobleman Meshesha and his peasant-tenants, a relation that ends in a peasants' revolt, and the subsequent humiliation of the captured Meshesha.

He prefers to make him a laughing stock to all who know him by capturing him alive and taking him to the provincial court... Feker Eske Mekaber [Love Unto Death] is not only the longest Amharic novel so far written (about 106,000 words), but also the best in many ways.

A proper translation of the book into English and some other languages will reveal that the theme is closer to the social setting of Europe and Russia of the pre-industrial era than to that of the present-day Africa.

The Ethiopian Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) adapted the novel to television series on 11 September 2024 which was directed by Sewmehon Yismaw and produced by Sew Mehon Productions.

With the budget of 41,427,600 birr, its production began around 2023, consisting of four seasons and forty eight episodes and stars Mehari Molla, Mekdes Degaderege, Gizachew Aderaw, Hiruy Demelash and Etsegenet Aseged as lead roles.