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I can’t be the only reader who chose not to finish this massive theological drama. The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1880), a Christian review. Continue reading
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Scarlet Sails by Alexander Green (1923)
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A Christian review of this delightful Russian folktale from Alexander Green (Grin), Scarlet Sails (1923). Continue reading
Seven Simeons by Boris Artzybasheff (1937)
When we travel around the world and aren’t always certain where we’ll spend our next Christmas, I tend to collect piles of books for the kids in difference places, just so they’ll have some new presents to read, no matter … Continue reading
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky (1869)
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky, translated by Eva Martin (1869) “Haha! But how can one love two at once, with two different sorts of love? That’s interesting. Poor idiot. What will become of him now?” (Part 4, Chapter 9) For … 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