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  <name><![CDATA[Erma Odrach]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[   I am a writer/translator living in Toronto, Canada. At present, I am focusing my attention mostly on translating the works of my father, Theodore Odrach. My father passed away in 1964, and as his daughter and translator, I have opted to act as his voice on Goodreads. 

   &lt;i&gt;Wave of Terror&lt;/i&gt;, published by Academy Chicago Publishers is my father's first novel to appear in English: Stalin has just come to power, the world has turned up-side down, and there's tyranny at every corner. (Available most places or check out your local library.)

PRAISE FOR &lt;i&gt;WAVE OF TERROR&lt;/i&gt;

-&quot;Theodore Odrach is that rare thing, a political novelist who is also an artist of the first rank.&quot; -&lt;i&gt;Times Literary Supplement&lt;/i&gt;.

-&quot;Odrach's delightfully sardonic novel about Stalinist occupation of Belarus that began in 1939 is rich with history, horror and comedy.&quot; -&lt;i&gt;Publishers Weekly&lt;/i&gt;.

-&lt;i&gt;&quot;Wave of Terror&lt;/i&gt; is news that stays news and should be on the shelves of libraries where patrons care about the world beyond their immediate ambit.&quot; - &lt;i&gt;Library Journal&lt;/i&gt;.

&quot;... he has almost a journalistic eye for the story he wants to tell. I felt he was in the same league as Alexander Solzhenitsyn ...&quot; Alberto Manguel, &lt;i&gt;Globe and Mail&lt;/i&gt;.
 
-&quot;It calls to mind, afresh, nightmare images of Orwell's &lt;i&gt;1984&lt;/i&gt; and Solzhenitsyn's &lt;i&gt;One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich&lt;/i&gt;. Odrach's work has a similar and in some ways even a greater power. - &lt;i&gt;Winnipeg Free Press.&lt;/i&gt;

-&quot;Compared to Solzhenitsyn and Orwell for his journalistic storytelling abilities, Odrach has a terse, compact stlye.&quot; - &lt;i&gt;Russian Life.&lt;/i&gt;

-&quot;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 just because the evil it was written against is now gone. Better late than never was never truer. Grade: A+&quot; -&lt;i&gt;BrothersJudd.com&lt;/i&gt;

ABOUT MY FATHER

My father was an émigré writer living in Toronto, Canada from 1953 until his death in 1964. He authored several novels and books of short stories in the Ukrainian language, all of which were published in Buenos Aires, New York, Winnipeg, and Toronto.

   Born February 13, 1912 near Pinsk, Belarus (at that time a part of Czarist Russia), my father's original family name was Sholomitsky. At the age of 9, after committing a petty offense, he was sent by Polish authorities who then controlled the area to a reform school in Vilnius, Lithuania. After serving his time and doing odd jobs, he enrolled in the Stefan Batory University (now Vilnius University), where he earned a degree in ancient history and philosophy.

 With the Soviet invasion of Vilnius in 1939, my father fled and returned to his native Belarus, landing a position as headmaster of a grammar school outside of Pinsk. Denounced by the Soviets, he then headed south to Ukraine, where he edited several underground newspapers. Still pursued by the Soviets and ultimately forced into hiding, my father managed to escape to Slovakia by way of the Carpathian Mountains. He traveled across Europe, and in 1953 settled in Toronto, Canada, where he did the greater part of his writings.



(For more information see Theodore Odrach's profile on Goodreads or check out Wikipedia and http://www.theodoreodrach.com.)


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