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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A Century in His Life Book

Russian writer/moralist Alexander Solzhenitsyn is not pleased about this biography that draws on interviews with his first wife. Nonetheless, British novelist D. M. Thomas views Solzhenitsyn throughout with sympathy, depicting a difficult but admirable man as important for his role in the struggle against Soviet totalitarianism as for the artistry of his fiction. The final chapters, on Solzhenitsyn's return home in 1994 after 20 years in exile, show "the ultimate dissident" still alone, disdained as old-fashioned and irrelevant in the new Russia. Thomas writes with a lyrical soulfulness that underscores his sense of connection to Russian artists.Read More

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    Alexander Solzhenitsyn is not only the story of a toweringly influential writer, but also the history of Russia itself. Always framing this biography in the context of the historical times, D.M. Thomas depicts Solzhenitsyn's epic struggles against Soviet censorship and oppression and chronicles his years of imprisonment and subsequent exile. This rare, controversial combination of exhaustive research and novelistic style paints a deeply affecting portrait both of the intricate relationship between Solzhenitsyn's life and his art, as well as of the cruelty, passion, and chaos that have characterized Russian history over the last century.

  • 0312198264
  • 9780312198268
  • D. M. Thomas
  • 1 January 1999
  • Picador USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 608
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