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“I just can't imagine my life without Dostoevsky and The Brothers Karamazov. I can spin off of that and talk about Crime and Punishment and Tolstoy. I could talk about other novels, but for me it's Dostoevsky. His sheer size and grandeur, his sacramentality, his ecclesiology, and his sense of the human predicament are as powerful as it gets. Can't imagine not reading the Russians.”

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Gordon T. Smith

Gordon T. Smith, born in 1953, is a renowned author whose works span a variety of fields, including history, literature, and philosophy. His writings are appreciated for their profound insights and unique narrative style. more

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