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“Jakob” is a short story about a brutal murder and an angelic messenger in a Russian Gulag. Part 3 in my “Before I Wake” series. Continue reading
Tag Archives: History – Russia
The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1966)
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What must it have been like to be a Jew falsely imprisoned for a crime in early 20th-century Russia? This Pulitzer-Prize winning novel, The Fixer by Bernard Malamud (1966), offers some insight. Continue reading
Honey for the Bears by Anthony Burgess (1963)
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Honey for the Bears (1963) is another morality-pushing novel from the author of Clockwork Orange. A Christian review. Continue reading
Russian Christians on Trial by Michael Bourdeaux (1970)
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Eye-Witness Report from a Soviet Court-room This publication from Frontline Fellowship chronicles the two-day trial and sentencing of seven Ukrainian believers in 1969. Needless to say, it’s a timely read, considering Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine and the two-steps-back approach … Continue reading
Tortured for His Faith by Haralan Popov (1970)
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Perusing the library at my parents’ church, I came across this fifty-year-old memoir of a Bulgarian pastor who was kidnapped, jailed, and tortured by the Communists for 13 years under trumped-up charges of espionage. While such books might have been … Continue reading
The Long Walk by Sławomir Rawicz (1956)
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All men who are young and strong and do not want to die must think of escape. Step to the right, step to the left… the Russians knew it too. But only a madman could entertain any serious hopes of … Continue reading
Marx and Satan by Richard Wurmbrand (1986)
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A Christian review of Marx and Satan, Richard Wurmbrand’s eminently critical look at Communism in 1986. Continue reading
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1962)
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“Freedom meant one thing to him—home.” (136) Russian literature has always intrigued me, but more for its survival in facing the Bear than for its literary genius. I selected this book for this year’s Siblings’ Book Club list mostly due … Continue reading