Feb 27, 2022
This week, after nearly two years, the pandemic finally hit home. Amid disturbing news headlines about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, I tested positive for the corona virus. It was quite odd at first to accept that after such a long time I had finally contracted...
Jun 13, 2021
What can I say about The Brothers Karamazov that has not already been said? I must confess I have very complicated feelings about this the most famous opus of Fyodor Dostoevsky. On the one hand I found The Brothers Karamazov to be masterfully written. Not only due to...
Feb 25, 2021
And Quiet Flows the Don is a wonderfully authentic and moving portrait of the Cossack people set against the backdrop of World War I and the Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. Mikhail Sholokhov masterfully explores the full gamut of human experience in this novel,...
Jan 30, 2021
I have been told that to fully appreciate Dostoyevsky’s writing it is necessary to read his works in Russian. The poetry and lyricism of his prose is supposed to be spellbinding in his native language. Unfortunately this is not yet possible for me so I have had...
