Michael Karounos

A Bearer of Divine Revelation

Fiction

“The pathos of Lawrence Dorr's stories arises not from the emotions of his characters but from the tragic circumstances of their lives. As in Dostoevsky's works, Dorr's characters struggle profoundly with their faith, their reason, and the ever-present problem of evil. But throughout their struggles one beautiful constant remains — a moral sanity in the midst of an immoral chaos. Dorr's characters discover peace through faith and thus enable the reader to triumph through them and with them.”