There's a remarkable and very moving profile in today's New York Times, of an 81 year Estonian man who is one of the last surviving "Forest Brothers." I never...
Hi! When I was in the states and had my Solzhenitsyn books, I had come across a saying of his, something like, "A great writer is like a country..." He was...
... people ... I tried to find the quote and failed....I just joined this group. I totally aggree with that saying and would like to add. The only way a...
Does this fit? "A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason, no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor...
As far as I know, this phrase was removed from the new editions (since 1968) by the author. ... __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
Thank you, Dmitry. That's very close, but not exactly as I remember it. If he said it once, he may have said it in another place somehwat differently. Did...
Robert, Thank you (somehow I missed your post, initially). As I said earlier, it may be, but it's different. I had written it down in a notebook, and the...
Hi, I'm new, obviously; can anyone tell me Solzhenitsyn's current spirtual/religious beliefs? If there's any way you can tell me where you get your info from,...
The _Letter to the Soviet Leaders_ might be of interest here. Solzhenitsyn I think offers a criticism of a type of Christianity in _August 1914_ too (a type...
Does anyone know if and when the next vol. of the Red Wheel will be published (in English)? I was under the impression that there were to be two more after...
Regarding the Red Wheel: I believe there should be about 8 more volumes. I tried contacting Farrar Strauss Giroux (publisher of 1914 and 1916) several times...
From today's New York Times: 'Zhivago' Without Hollywood By ALESSANDRA STANLEY There is a moment when a blurred glimpse of a blond girl in an astrakhan hat...
Hi, I just finished reading both August 1914 and November 1916 and am attempting (albeit weakly) to digest it. November 1916's third to last chapter talks...
Greetings, A question to US residents: have you ordered any books from Books.ru, an online Russian bookstore? If so, did you get the books you ordered? How...
RIA Novosti December 22, 2003 SOLZHENITSYN PROVES RIGHT AGAIN By Anatoly Korolev, RIA Novosti Writer Alexander Solzhenitsyn, the once much-talked about author...
Alex Klimoff
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Dec 28, 2003 2:23 am
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I am currently reading the Cancer Ward and am curious about supposed inaccuracies in the English translation. Has anyone compiled a list of important problems...
One of my professors noted a slight correction in the last post: The article does not provide a wholly accurate account of Solzhenistyn's views (Solzhenitsyn...
Moscow News date? [late 2003?] Solzhenitsyn Controversy On December 11, Alexander Solzhenitsyn turned 85 Yevgeny Kiselev made a documentary, Alexander...
Alex Klimoff
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Jan 9, 2004 5:11 pm
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I assume most readers of the AIS List have now had time to look at the Moscow News compilation of excerpts from a documentary film that was not aired. The...
Alex Klimoff
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Jan 12, 2004 2:23 pm
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I would like to second Alex's comments. I too was astonished by the low level and ridiculous bias of the comments cited in the Moscow News article. My first...
Michael Scammell
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Jan 12, 2004 3:04 pm
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... From: "Michael Scammell" <ms474@...> To: <solzhenitsyn-l@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [solzhenitsyn-l] Moscow News piece on AIS ... A little bit...
Any comments on the Nivat interview (in Russian) I pasted below? It's fairly old but I just found it at: http://www.echo.msk.ru/interview/interview/4948.html ...
Mike, Thanks a lot. I'm sure I spoke at some length about "The Gulag Archipelago" as well, but it didn't get into the article (it's very useful to have the...
Michael Scammell
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Jan 13, 2004 12:19 am
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I don't have the Russian piece with me. From what I remember, though, it was interesting that Bukovsky also gave quite a positive assessment of Solzhenitsyn's...
Greetings, Several weeks ago, after reading the RIA Novosti article on Solzhenitsyn (posted here by Alex Klimoff), I hoped well informed subscribers would...
