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"The Prodigal Meteor" is one of the few decadent examples in the work of Natalia Kobrynska, a writer, public figure, consistent fighter for women's rights and the founder of the women's movement in Ukraine, or in modern terms, feminism. Kobrynska was so far ahead of her time in the depth of her views and the breadth of her outlook that she was incomprehensible to many of her contemporaries, and is still partly unread and incomprehensible.

However, the themes of her work are eternal and invariably relevant: how a woman can survive in the shadows of a patriarchal society; how to remain herself and ignore people's prejudices; how to live a life with dignity despite any turbulence and lack of talent, to protect and raise children so that they become worthy of the ideals professed by their parents.

The challenge of the era's breakdown, the difficulties of the time, and the events of the First World War were skilfully depicted by N. Kobrynska in her cycle "War Stories", which reflect the current times of hardship and respond to the memory of a well-established and measured life.

The sincere truth of everyday life and fundamental life values were skilfully embodied by N. Kobrynska in the body of texts presented in the publication "The Prodigal Meteor" - perhaps the first significant collection of the writer's works since Ukraine's independence.