Authored by two eminent Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn scholars, The Soul and Barbed Wire is the first and only book to offer both a detailed biography and a comprehensive appraisal of the literary achievement of the Nobel prize-winning author who became one of the Soviet regime\'s most formidable foes.
He is the author of two books on Solzhenitsyn, and coeditor of The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947 2005, published by ISI Books in 2006.".
Ericson, Jr is professor emeritus of English at Calvin College, where he taught for twenty-six years.
Drawing upon the best available Solzhenitsyn scholarship, the authors strive to present a balanced and accurate appraisal of the remarkable life and hugely influential works that have often been misunderstood and not infrequently been misrepresented About the Author: Edward E.
Because the volume assumes no prior knowledge of its subject, it will prove particularly helpful to those who are coming to Solzhenitsyn for the first time, while its well-nigh encyclopedic inclusiveness should appeal even to the most seasoned readers.
Ericson and Klimoff comment on virtually all his works of fiction as well as on a generous selection of texts belonging to historical or journalistic genres.
The bulk of the book, however, consists of sharply focused essays on a large number of Solzhenitsyn\'s writings.
This biographical section goes on to portray the writer\'s strenuous efforts to convey this message to the West during his years of exile, and to his countrymen after his return to Russia.
The book begins with a detailed biographical survey that traces Solzhenitsyn\'s evolution from an ardent Communist and loyal Soviet front-line officer into a devastating critic of all ideological distortions of authentic human values and a historian of the many-faceted events that led to, and the tragedy set loose by, the Russian Revolution.
Authored by two eminent Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn scholars, The Soul and Barbed Wire is the first and only book to offer both a detailed biography and a comprehensive appraisal of the literary achievement of the Nobel prize-winning author who became one of the Soviet regime\'s most formidable foes
