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“We did not guess its essence…”

February 13, 2020 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

Andrew Krivak's new novel THE BEAR tells the story of a father and daughter living peacefully in an Edenic world now uninhabited by humans. What remains of past civilization are a few books and, in the far beyond, buried walls. In exquisite storytelling, we see past our muddled, technological existence to what's pure and real.

Walking the road of ‘know thyself’

May 19, 2011June 15, 2011 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

Andrew Krivak's memoir about his eight-year journey toward becoming a Jesuit priest is an illuminating story about one person's determination to understand his destiny. He learns that making a proper discernment in such matters happens not in moments of peaceful pondering, but by making decisions along the chaotic way.

A debut novel with a captivating narrator

April 17, 2011 ~ The Longest Chapter ~ Leave a comment

"The Sojourn" is a new novel published by Bellevue Literary Press. It's beautifully written in first-person prose -- a World War I story and also a coming of age story that's profoundly moving and filled with hope.

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