The sad tale is not but a delightful feature but likewise a standard of its variety. This is the story of a real loose-bouncing Russian girl, a dutiful and skeptical American reporter, and the improbable making love they shared. In The Girl From Petrovka, writes The New Yorker magazine, Feifer has written the alone beneficent American book about late Russian period of time that I can remember Oktyabrina Matvyeva joins the ranks of memorableand heroicwomen of New fiction. It is as well an experienced portrait of the curious country that sparked their sex activity and made it impossible.