In the slightly more relaxed times which followed, Dudintsev was able to get Novy Mir to print the work.[2] However, Khrushchev accused Dudintsev of taking "a malicious joy in describing the negative sides of Soviet life".[2] Dudintsev was dismayed at the propaganda usage some foreign countries made from his book.[2] Dudintsev was bitterly attacked at a meeting of the Union of Writers; the author fainted during the meeting.[1]