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The importance of a book in the life of a thinking person cannot be overestimated - the role of a book as a source of knowledge, wisdom, peace, strength and renewal is the subject of Patricia Reznikova's novel The Mark. The writer has based her work on the wonderful novel The Scarlet Letter by the transcendentalist Nathanael Hawthorne.

The use of intertext (involvement of Hawthorne's work, other poets and writers in the novel space, use of background knowledge of world culture, mythology, references to prominent events and phenomena in French and American culture) gave grounds to consider Patricia Reznikova's novel one of the best examples of a postmodern women's novel.