Life of Megan

Monday, August 04, 2008

RIP Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Yesterday, Solzhenitsyn died at age 89, apparently of heart failure. The world has lost a great writer.

And I am reminded that I need to read The Gulag Archipelago. (One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch was amazing, even the second time around, when I had to read it for school.)

1 Comments:

  • Here here. The Gulag Archipelago is one of the toughest books I've ever read. Beyond that, it's simply beautiful.

    "A stone is not a human being. And even stones get crushed."

    Unfortunately, Solzhenitsyn was a pretty intolerant man himself. Instead of being against Communism for individualist reasons, rather - he supported a regime of antisemitism and archaic traditions.

    Still, he will be greatly missed.

    And get reading!

    By Blogger adam, at 6:17 PM  

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