The Spirit Wrestlers

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A book about the tenacious religious sects that have survived until today in Russia
Marsden starts in Moscow and journeys South East, meeting monks, mystics, icon painters, Russian special forces soldiers fresh from Chechnya, a priest who prayed hard and built a church from scratch and a man who declared his flat an independent state; his wife is in charge of border control at the front door.

Incredibly tenacious people who have stayed true to their various faiths in spite of the horrors meted out by Moscow over the years, whose simple belief in the essential goodness of others and the word of their bible, leaves you humbled and somewhat struck.

Philip Marsdens great achievement is to convey the relevance for us and our times, of the lives of such half-forgotten and marginalized peoples, light-years removed from our own experience. This is simply a beautiful, life-affirming book, full of splendid and wonderful stories of a Russia you probably never guessed existed. Unforgettable.
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Weight 0.184000
Author Philip Marsden
Availability POD
Department Travel Writing
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780006388777
Pages 256
Published 01/03/1999
Publisher Flamingo
Section Travel Writing: General
Size Unfolded 13x20cm
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