The Importance of Progress in Russian Literature

Gary LaVra: What is it about Russian literature or eastern european literature that's so keenly understand suffering. He says dastoyevsky understood the feeling of being utterly humiliated better than any other writer in history. LaVra asks Gary to explain what he means by "progress" and how we can progress towards hell, gulag and concentration camp. The essay will be published in our spring issue of evangelization and culture.

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