Novyĭ roman I︠U︡rii︠a︡ Poli︠a︡kova "Li︠u︡bovʹ v ėpokhu peremen" opravdyvaet svoe nazvanie. Ėto istorii︠a︡ slozhnoĭ protivorechivoĭ li︠u︡bvi, pronzivsheĭ vsi︠u︡ zhiznʹ glavnogo geroi︠a︡ - Geny Skori︠a︡tina, glavnogo redaktora prodvinutogo ezhenedelʹnika "Mymra". Ėto tonkoe povestvovanie ob otnoshenii︠a︡kh s tremi︠a︡ glavnymi zhenshchinami ego sudʹby - Marinoĭ, Zoeĭ i Alisoĭ. I odnovremenno ėto pervai︠a︡ v otechestvennoĭ literature chestnai︠a︡ popytka razobratʹsi︠a︡ v ėpokhe Perestroĭki, poni︠a︡tʹ ee taĭnye pruzhiny, svetlye i temnye sily. Vprochem i nyneshni︠a︡i︠a︡ Rossii︠a︡ obrisovana v luchshikh tradit︠s︡ii︠a︡kh kriticheskogo realizma. Kak vsegda, chitateli︠a︡ zhdet vstrecha s nepovtorimym stilem avtora: ostrym si︠u︡zhetom, neozhidannymi sravnenii︠a︡mi, metkimi slovechkami, razi︠a︡shcheĭ ironieĭ i i︠a︡rkimi ėroticheskimi metaforami.

The fate of three women, Marina, Zoe and Alice lies in the hands of chief editor of the weekly "The world and us" during Perestroĭka.