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Theodore Odrach |
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Theodore Odrach |
"... Theodore Odrach is that rare thing, a political novelist who is also an artist of the first rank." Times Literary Supplement
"Odrach's delightfully sardonic novel about Stalinist occupation of Belarus that began in 1939 is rich with history, horror and comedy." Publishers Weekly
"As Pound would say of fine literature, this novel is news that stays news and should be on the shelves of libraries where patrons care about the world beyond their immediate ambit. Highly recommended." Library Journal
"As a writer, (T.F.) Rigelhof says, 'Odrach - again like Solzhenitsyn - was forced to keep his stories hidden from the world for many years, until they could come out in an intense burst of energy.'" Globe and Mail
"Powerful novel details dark realities of living under Stalin." Winnipeg Free Press
"Compared to Solzhenitsyn and Orwell for his journalistic storytelling abilities, Odrach has a terse, compact style." Russian Life
"Odrach has beautifully fictionalized what he knew and lived through and presented it in a way that readers from everywhere can relate to the individuals, their lives, hopes and struggles. He has done even more than that." OSCAR (The Ottawa South Community Asscociation Review) pg. 20
"This memorable depiction of the establishment of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics by the brutal Stalinists in 1939, with their bloodshed and violence, is filled with trenchant observations of real people behaving realistically during times of real crisis." Seeing the World Through Books
"Wave of Terror, lovingly translated by Odrach's daughter, Erma Odrach, has been compared to Orwell's Animal Farm as a chronicle of how a greater force moves into a small area assuring the people of a prosperous future for "one and all". Definitely a must read and a Canadian to be proud of. Toronto Examiner
"By turns a comedy and a horror story, it's a shame Mr. Odrach's semiautobiographical novel did not reach the wider public when it was written. It might even have contributed to the downfall of the Soviet regime and we might recall him as a kind of Canadian Solzhenitsyn. But it loses none of its beauty and power ... " Brothers Judd