Buuxi weedha soo socota: Qeybta ugu dambeysa ee abuurista Sadoveanu sidoo kale waxay ka kooban tahay taxane taxane ah oo habka sheeko-sheegashada ah, sida uu sheegay Crohmălniceanu, "loo saxo" si loo muujiyo nooca naftiisa jecel ee uu ku guuleystay bulshada cusub. Asal ahaan, Ungureanu wuxuu ku doodayaa, qaabka cusub ee "warbixinta iyo macluumaadka caadiga ah, oo la waafajiyay amarrada kor ka imanaya". Shaqooyinka noocan oo kale ah waxaa ka mid ah 1951 "Nada Florilor" ("The Flowers' Lure") iyo "Clonț-de-fier" ("Iron Bucktooth"), oo ay weheliso gabal aan la dhammayn, "Cântecul mioarei" ("Heesta Ewe"). In "Nada"..., wiilka beeraleyda ah ee Culai wuxuu raacayaa halyeeygiisa, Alecuțu tinsmith, nolosha warshadda. "Clonț-de-fier", oo ah fikrad ku saabsan "Demonul tinereții", waxay ku saabsan tahay wadaad ka soo laabtay go'doominta adduunka shaqaalaha, halkaas oo muuqaalka ay dib u qaabeeyeen shaqooyin dhisme oo baaxad weyn leh. Sida laga soo xigtay Ungureanu, waxay sidoo kale muujineysaa caalamka Sadoveanu oo laga saaray "dhammaan macnaheeda qoto dheer". In kasta oo qoraayaashoodu u yimaadeen inay muujiyaan tilmaamaha cusub ee dhaqanka, buugaagta hore ee Sadoveanu, laga bilaabo "Frații Jderi" ilaa "Baltagul", waxay ku jireen faafreebka shuuciga. Qoraalo kala duwan oo ka soo horjeeda tilmaamaha fikradaha ayaa laga saaray daabacadaha cusub: buugaagta guud ahaan mar dambe kuma soo koobi karaan Bessarabia (gobol markii ugu horreysay lagu daray Midowga Soofiyeeti
1940 qabsashada) ama rumaysadkii Ortodoksiga ee Romania. Mid ka mid ah dhacdooyinka noocaas ah, cenzors-ka "Baltagul" ayaa ka saaray sheegashada qof ka mid ah in "Ruushka" uu ahaa dabeecadda "ka sakhraansan dhammaantood, [...] tuug iyo heesaa mudan bandhigyada".