On The Author
Some of you may think I'm Dostoyevsky crazy (my gosh, I call him "The Author," I seem to quote him more than I quote scripture, I bought Kate a teddybear; upon my suggestion we named it Fyodor, and I use Russian money to decorate my desk)...but I'm not alone.
[Dostoyevsky], a super-sensitive giant of the imagination projects a uniquely poignant vision of the plight of man and the power of God. If it makes you weep and worship, you will be the better for it. If it does not, that will show that you have not yet seen what you are looking at, and you will be wise to read the book again. ~~J. I. Packer
Dostoyevsky was a truly prophetic figure, plunging down frenziedly into his kingdom of hell on earth and arriving at Golgotha. He had a tremendous insight into the future and foresaw the world we have today.~~Malcolm Muggeridge
...An incomparable writer... ~~Philip YanceyYet The Author himself does not harbor conceit, for he knows who the real author is. Dostoyevsky says of THE BOOK, and THE AUTHOR:
"...He read it. 'True,' he said, but with a bitter, ironic smile. 'Yes,' he said after a pause, 'terrible are the things one comes across in those books. To shove them under someone's nose is easy enough. But who wrote them? Surely not human beings?' ...'The Holy Ghost did,' I said." (From The Bother's Karamazov)Posted by at October 28, 2001 06:32 PM