Monday, August 04, 2008
SOLZHENITSYN DEAD AT 89
Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died. I worked through most of the fiction he had written when I was 13-16-years old. his books were very influential on me -- opening up the world of Russian literature for me, and opening my eyes to what the Soviet Union really was. I think Cancer Ward was my favorite book; I think I read it at least twice in those years.
And then, when he got out of the Soviet Union, he set the paradigm for the crotchety old man for me -- an important precedent for who I am becoming now, I suppose ....
GB, THHotA
posted by Greg 5:55 AM
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