When the Gods Are Silent

Rating:
Summary: beautiful
Review: I first found this book on the shelf of my local library. I was the first person to check it out since 1994. This sums up the book, one has to have a deep love for literature to enjoy it. The story follows one character born in the early 1900s through WWI and the Revolution, Purges, and eventually WWII. The tale was nothing more than breath taking for me, it speaks with a voice so distant and numb, no vivid description, no drawn out situations. No, this book tells nearly 50 years of history and emotion without ever mentioning the words. I found this to be the true beauty of the novel. How Soloviev speaks so clearly, giving everything away, but at the same time, holding back what the reader hopes for. There is no way to describe it clearly but to say if you read it, you will be changed.