Akiba Moldavan represents one of thosenrare literary occurrences: a saint whonis believable. In the Dostoyevskian tradition,nMoldavan discovers a link bentween the realm of speculation and thenbizarre events of this imperfect world.nThe comparison with Dostoyevskynis not gratuitous. In Crime and Punishmentnwe are also aware of the murderer'snidentity. I . . .