"With regard to the arrangement of the book," reads one contemporary review of the English translation, "it is just about the worst possible; indeed, there is no arrangement whatsoever. The paragraphs appear as if they had been rained down from the clouds."
In light of another recent attempt to read contemporary mores into ancient Byzantine rites, we offer to our readers this review of a study rooted in true scholarship -- Claudia Rapp's Brother-Making in Late Antiquity and Byzantium
by Reader Nicholas Kotar A review of Laurus, by Evgenii Vodolazkin (Oneworld Publications, 2016). 352 pp., $24.99. Hardcover ISBN: 9781780747552 One...
