Obviously there is far too much material [in Die drei Grazien (The Three Graces)] for a conventional story. As was the case in most of his other stories or novels …, Eliade offers very little romanesque plotting. But as always, the real subject of his writing is the flow of his scientific erudition. Die drei Grazien is so deeply plunged in thought that, despite attractive characters and immaculately executed scenes, it all often seems less like a story than one of the author's admirable essays.

Nicholas Catanoy, "Romanian: 'Die drei Grazien'," in World Literature Today (copyright 1978 by the University of Oklahoma Press), Vol. 52, No. 4, Autumn, 1978, p. 614.