Solzhenitsyn: A BiographyPp. 958-963 discuss accusations of antisemitism against Solzhenitsyn, especially by Mark Perakh (in "Midstream" 6, 1977) and other articles on this issue. Links the accusations with Solzhenitsyn's nationalism, his s Christian Orthodox philosophy, and his passionate love for the Russian people. Mentions the frequency of negative Jewish characters in Solzhenitzyn's literary work, especially in "The First Circle" and "Lenin in Zurich." |
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... understand Solzhenitsyn without grasping the nature of the society in which he was born and lived , and the price he paid for achieving what he did . Secondly , that society also merits study . One is aware that millions of words have ...
... understand Solzhenitsyn without grasping the nature of the society in which he was born and lived , and the price he paid for achieving what he did . Secondly , that society also merits study . One is aware that millions of words have ...
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... understand why great artists have always drawn on the eternal subjects in Holy Scripture , and I can see why they also find inspiration in Shakespeare . But I cannot understand why an artist should be so firmly attached to the subject ...
... understand why great artists have always drawn on the eternal subjects in Holy Scripture , and I can see why they also find inspiration in Shakespeare . But I cannot understand why an artist should be so firmly attached to the subject ...
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... understand . I seethed . I rebelled . . . . I had long ago come to understand the meaning of my arrest , my deathly illness , and many personal misfortunes , but this disaster I could make no sense of . It rendered meaningless ...
... understand . I seethed . I rebelled . . . . I had long ago come to understand the meaning of my arrest , my deathly illness , and many personal misfortunes , but this disaster I could make no sense of . It rendered meaningless ...
Contents
Preface | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 21 |
1 OUT OF CHAOS AND SUFFERING | 25 |
Copyright | |
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