Robert Littell

A tale inspired by the life of forefront twentieth-century Russian poet Osip Mandelstam recounts his outspoken criticism of the Stalin regime, the verbal distribution of his famous "Stalin Epigram" that led to his arrest, and his subsequent exile and death in a Siberian transit camp.

A Novel

The Stalin Epigram

Alexander Olando

They had never been lovers, though in a manner of speaking they were more intimate than lovers, by which I mean they were intimate in ways that lovemaking only scratches the surface of.

Dear God in heaven, while he still has a muse and an erection arrange things so the sun will simply fail to rise tomorrow morning. Amen.

“Dear God in heaven, while he still has a muse and erection, arrange things so that the sun will simply fail to rise tomorrow morning”

Took me some time to get into the book and the style of writing but once I did, boy did I love it.

In an uncanny way it made me feel like a similar situation was going on in Kenya during the days of Moi.

Thankful for friends that put me onto books I would never have bought on my own.

“Dear God in heaven, while he still has a muse and erection, arrange things so that the sun will simply fail to rise tomorrow morning”

Took me some time to get into the book and the style of writing but once I did, boy did I love it.

A sad and beautiful story.

In an uncanny way it made me feel like a similar situation was going on in Kenya during the days of Moi.

Thankful for friends that put me onto books I would never have bought on my own.

The Stalin Epigram A Novel

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