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He needed to talk to him , listen to him , observe his smile and his gestures , in
order to perceive his inner nature and essential character . And that nature and
that character were what he tried to capture on canvas or on paper . The
engineer ...
He needed to talk to him , listen to him , observe his smile and his gestures , in
order to perceive his inner nature and essential character . And that nature and
that character were what he tried to capture on canvas or on paper . The
engineer ...
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Solzhenitsyn was widely perceived as interfering again ; and while a few
commentators concentrated on the apocalyptic nature of his vision ( one
newspaper likened him to a mixture of Job and Isaiah ) , most responses were
political .
Solzhenitsyn was widely perceived as interfering again ; and while a few
commentators concentrated on the apocalyptic nature of his vision ( one
newspaper likened him to a mixture of Job and Isaiah ) , most responses were
political .
Page 973
... the history of the Revolution , Russian history before the Revolution , the nature
of Soviet society , and now the nature of Western society and the conflict ( and
also the similarities ) between the two . He may have been overreaching himself
...
... the history of the Revolution , Russian history before the Revolution , the nature
of Soviet society , and now the nature of Western society and the conflict ( and
also the similarities ) between the two . He may have been overreaching himself
...
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Contents
Preface | 13 |
Acknowledgements | 21 |
1 OUT OF CHAOS AND SUFFERING | 25 |
Copyright | |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Solzhenitsyn: A Biography |
| Author | Michael Scammell |
| Edition | illustrated, reprint |
| Publisher | Paladin, 1986 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 18 Jun 2010 |
| ISBN | 0586085386, 9780586085387 |
| Length | 1051 pages |
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