Identities and Foreign Policies in Russia, Ukraine and Belarus: The Other Europes. By Stephen White and Valentina Feklyunina. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014. x, 368 pp. Notes. Index. Figures. Tables. $105.00, hard bound.

sophical positions. The authors are at their most perceptive when they offer enlightening discussions of fictional engagement with Christianity, underscoring Ulitskaia's conviction that Christianity must instill tolerance. Surveying Ulitskaia's corpus as an effort to achieve a more inclusive society, united by faith, tolerance, and togetherness, the critics show it to reveal an optimistic viewpoint about the potential for change and unity. Of special interest is the Conclusion that examines Ulitskaia's memoirs and explores her public visibility. The authors applaud Ulitskaia for her charitable projects and her public support of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and other critics of authoritarianism. The book is logically organized and includes extensive commentaries; the references alone are enough to keep readers and scholars scrambling to the interlibrary loan desk for years. With this admirable achievement, Skomp and Sutcliffe have performed a commendable service to all Ulitskaia fans, students and scholars of Russian literature, something for which we should be grateful.