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R.I.P. Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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russian literature is great, especially when you read it in Russian. i am from another former Soviet republic(Armenia), and I will recommand to read other Soviet authers, too. there are so many great books of that period.
the Master and Margarita by Bulgakov is one of the best books I have read.
I just love the matter of fact depiction and concise writting style of Solzhenytsin in A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. I am looking forward to reading other books by him in the future. A Day in the Life was a coffin nail in the Soviet, communist system and Stalinist abuses with human rights violations.
The only Solzhenytsin that I've managed to read so far is A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, but it is one of the best five or so books that I have ever read. I hope to get to some of the others at some point, but I would definitely recommend A Day in the Life to anyone who likes good literature.
True. And all those Russian greats adore Pushkin. I'm not sure its possible to get through a book written in Russian without hearing about Pushkin at least once.
He did write some short stories as well. Perhaps it's just a characteristic Russian style? Tolstoy, Solzhenitsyn et al?
What? Being a woman in a male-dominated society didn't equip you to write in the style of a prisoner of the Gulag?
Beth, you should absolutely read Cancer Ward. It's been on my mind endlessly since I've read it. I haven't yet read A Day in the Life, but I'm looking forward to it as soon as I finish up what I'm reading now.
His writing was so striking. And inspiring.
I took a history course once and we got the option of writing a creative story based on a style of a particular author. I had just been astounded by A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and I wrote in that style. I didn't capture him perfectly (how can I, being a white American and him a former Soviet gulag prisoner?) but it earned me an A in the class!
In fact, I might pick up something I haven't read recently by him. Any ideas, favorites?
