Alexander Solzhenitsyn, during the 1970s, was a hero in the West because as a Russian writer, he chose to stand against the Soviet empire and expose its corruption and inhumanity. His weapon was a short novel titledA Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, which recounted the experiences of a Russian man sentenced to a Soviet • Read More »
Tags: A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Michael Scammell
This newsletter was sent to all of the subscribers on Jim’s list (2,967) on Friday, Dec. 7, 2018. Literary deceptions and caricatures (again) — those are the items we focus on in this week’s newsletter. But there more, too. When is it okay for an author to deceive readers? We have two instances • Read More »
Tags: A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Behind a Mask, Forrest Carter, Kim Jung Hi, Leona Rostenberg, Little Women, Louisa May Alcott, Madeleine Stern, Mark Grief, Michael Scammell, Saul Bellow, The Education of Little Tree