Fear No Evil

Natan Sharansky, Anatoly Shcharansky. Vintage Books USA, $10.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-679-72542-8

Sharansky writes of the nine years he spent in the Soviet gulag. ``Told with remarkable calm, even with harrowing humor, Sharansky's gripping and deeply moving account of his prison years is a tribute to human resilience. His sheer courage and moral stature are matched only by his literary skill at conveying the nightmare he endured,'' praised PW . (Jan.)

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