If anyone personnally knows Mr. Solzenitzsyn, please ask him for me if circa 1971, he was in Moscow one day the winter week that the Italian Communist Party...
Steve, Ignat prefaced his remarks And so the best thing about this Reader is that itprovides an opportunity for people to meet the "undiscovered" Solzhenitsyn ...
I think it is fair to say that wečll be seeing more Solzhenitsyn in English (I know of one publisher who is strongly committed to that prospect). It really is...
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Mar 10, 2007 9:04 pm
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Thanks Dan for those encouraging words. I found that TLS review, "Blue Collar Solzhenitsyn <http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25341-2617318,00.html> " ...
Allow me to supplement the (welcome) posting by "okiedave" of Zinik's review in TLS of The Solzhenitsyn Reader. Dan Mahoney has written a reply that is posted...
Thanks, Okiedave for putting the link to the TLS review. Otherwise I had no idea what TLS meant. Well, one thing in that review really bugs me: "... the tragic...
It may not be new, but its interesting at least to see in Zinik's "review" and the positive responses to it a replay of all the old recycled posturings dating...
... Dan, I see that frustration a lot in AIS' western readers. I catch myself wondering at times too. However, two things come to mind. First, it is a logical...
I'd like to comment briefly on the posting by Norm Murdock concerning the possible reasons for Solzhenitsyn's lack of public criticism of Putin. Norm suggests...
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Mar 13, 2007 7:29 pm
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Looking through the archives I see there's been a fair amount of discussion concerning AIS's stance toward Putin. I agree it is futile to speculate about his...
Thank you, Alex, for this point of view. I am indeed suffering under information from the popular press, and do not have first-hand experience. Nevertheless, I...
... Maybe there is still quite a bit more freedom than in Soviet days. But the recent death or injury of several critics of Putin (Litvininov poisoned with...
The working assumption in your question, daneejo, is that it is clearly the Putin regime that is murdering its opponents. But this precise point is much...
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Mar 15, 2007 9:53 pm
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Many things about Solzhenitsyn become clearer after reading what Father Alexander Schmemann wrote about him in his journals. Fr. Schmemann was an admirer of...
I did some more research about the British accusations that the Russian govt has not cooperated fully, and find that the accusations are mutual. Here is the...
I was awake for a long while last night thinking about my question re AIS's silence about Putin's alleged misdeeds. "What will one sleepless night not drain...
Hi! Long time lurker, first time poster! I've always seen S as primarily a religious writer as opposed to a politician. I wonder which he preferred, Tolstoy or...
You may have something there. Its hard enough for the young. Its their turn to struggle now. Ron ... re AIS's silence about ... from the miserable soul of ... ...
I appreciate the recent references on this list to Father Alexander Schmemann's comments about Solzhenitsyn. As it happens, I have an academic essay in the...
... Ed, I'd be interested in your essay. I must confess to having little experience of S's writings. I have the S Reader on order and hope to receive it soon....
Thank you for your interesting message to the list, Ed! I'll send you a private email in a couple of months to request a copy of your essay which I will read...
My two great literary heroes, C.S. Lewis and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, had almost a published debate, even though as far as I know neither was aware of the...
A quick note to Ron: Yes, Solzhenitsyn is a Russian Orthodox Christian. Ed, very interesting stuff. I found Father Schmemann personal notes about Solzhenitsyn...
It seems to me that AS owes more to Tolstoy in terms of literary style but his beliefs ( specifically, *religious* beliefs ) are closer to Dostoevsky. ... ...
I just yesterday received my copy of the Solzhenitsyn Reader. First I want to say how enjoyable the Editors' Introduction, especially the biographical...
It just occurs to me to wonder -- why is Zoya in Cancer Ward never called by anything but her first name? No patronymic, no last name. Or is there a place...
