O konflikte v Nagornom Karabakhe napisano mnogo, no dannaya kniga po suti pervoe literaturnoe proizvedenie, khudozhestvennym yazykom osveshchayushchee ves' tragizm armyano-azerbaydzhanskogo protivostoyaniya. Eto pervaya popytka osmyslit' nedavnyuyu voynu ne s tochki zreniya svoikh i chuzhikh, a s ponyatiy gumanizma i obshchechelovecheskikh tsennostey. Koster na pepelishche - mirnyy koster, kotoryy nam razzhigat' na peple vremeni, kogda armyane i azerbaydzhantsy zhili vmeste, deystvitel'no, kak brat'ya. V nashikh rukakh ne dat' pogasnut' kostru nadezhdy, kak i ne dat' emu vnov' pererasti v pozhar.