Most of her literary work is autobiographical to various extents . Her 1977 novel '' The Wanderers '' traces the decimation of the pacifist Russian Mennonite community during the Russian Revolution , anarchy , famine , the Stalinist purges , escape from Ukraine , and eventual resettlement in the rain forests of Paraguay . Her 1984 book , '' The Furies and the Flame '' , is her autobiography as an immigrant and deals with her struggle to raise her handicapped child
Stalinist purges
Great Purge
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