I see this is one of the few that are actually translated. For some reason this one caught my attention more than the others, and maybe that's the same for the translator.
Archipelago's other works are far more fantastical, but this one is much more mundane. The combination of exhibitionism and petrification is so erotic here, and also leaves a lot of interesting questions. It seems like the statues are either ignored by most people, or they treat it as a simple art piece despite the obscenity. Some kind of mind control going on there for sure.