Surprisingly, the book "Adam and Eve" was written by the author of the most hard-realistic novels in Romanian literature of the 20th century. In none of them, the love line ended with a happy conclusion. The tragic love collisions turned out to be the most important engine of the epic narration in the works of Rebreanu. In "Ion", the fate of the heroes is due to the intractable contradiction between the "call of the earth" and the "call of love." In Forest of the Hanged, an equally insoluble contradiction between the "call of love" and the "call of the motherland" defines the course of life and the drama of the main characters. In Ciuleandra, the boyar’s love for the young peasant is ruined by his unhealthy heredity.
Rebreanu has repeatedly repeated that of all the works written by him the most favorite book is "Adam and Eve". The explanation, formulated by the author himself, outlines some guidelines that may help in finding the answer to this question.

Perhaps because, wrote Rebreanu, that in this book there is more than all the others hope, if not to say, consolation. Human life in it is exalted above the earthly beginning and the end. Finally, because it is a book of eternal illusions.