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Memoirs are a difficult genre. First of all, because the author has to be honest with himself, like at the last confession. And this is not easy. However, Mykola Rudenko adheres to this unwritten rule and repeatedly emphasises that in his life he has only confessed the truth, no matter how bitter it may be, and has done only what he believed in.

The author tells sincerely and courageously about the extremely difficult and painful path from a faithful communist, front-line political officer, famous writer, secretary of the party committee of the Kyiv writers' organisation to a truth-seeker, political prisoner of Soviet concentration camps, and dissident.

Perhaps that is why The Greatest Wonder of All is Life reads with enthusiasm, like an adventure novel, and at the same time encourages the reader to make very difficult and instructive reflections.