First Circle - Softcover

The First Circle

Paperback. Zustand: Good. 700 pages. Cover worn. text tanned Reviews This first uncensored translation of what many consider Solzhenitsyn 's masterpiece shows the Nobel laureate treading deeply into the logic of Soviet Russia's gulag, if not deeply enough into the minds of his characters. A quest to discover the identity of a rogue Russian diplomat serves as Solzhenitsyn's sp ringboard for a tour of Russia's immense gulag system, slipping from prisoner to jailer to anguished wife (and even detouring through a weary Stalin) to briefly examine the lives of more than 60 significant characters. Each short chapter co ntributes to a vast mosaic of philosophies and moral dilemmas that, taken togeth er, form a panorama of a Russia gripped by Stalinist terror. Unfortunately, none of the characters steps out from the shadow of the political to become a full-f ledged individual; the result is an oddly skewed work, a highly journalistic nov el that hits the political and material realities of post-WWII Russia, but that subsumes humanity beneath its ideas. It's more valuable as testimony than as lit erature, thanks largely to Solzhenitsyn's insight into one of the great abominat ions of the 20th century. (Oct.) Copyright 2009 Reed Business Information. Artikel-Nr. 3190ag

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