Based on exclusive, personal interviews with AlexanderSolzhenitsyn, Joseph Pearce's book provides profoundinsight into a towering literary and political figure.From his pro-Communist youth to his imprisonment inthe Gulags, his exile in America to his return to Russia, thisis the story of a man who struggled with the most weightyquestions of humanity. When a person has suffered the mostterrible physical and emotional torture, what becomes of hisspirit? Can politics and economics truly provide the answersa modern society needs? If peace and justice are never fullyattained, what hope is there for the future?Arguably one of the most significant writers of the twentiethcentury, Solzhenitsyn, both before and after the fall ofCommunism, spoke out against the Russian regime. His faithdeeply informed his literary approach and response to theexcesses of modern materialism. On the spiritual, cultural, and socio-political level, his writings have much to teach theworld.This biography contains previously unpublished prosepoems written by Solzhenitsyn after his return to Russia, anda gallery of rare photographs."Pearce has grasped with great insight the spiritual coreof Solzhenitsyn's achievement as a writer, and indeed as aprophet to Russia and the world. He writes with warm sympathyfor Russia's greatest literary voice in modern times."--David Aikman, Author, Great Souls: Six Who Changed theCentury"Joseph Pearce is best on what matters most aboutSolzhenitsyn: the centrality of the author's Christian faith. Itis no wonder that Solzhenitsyn chose to . . . provide Pearcewith fresh information. Newcomers to Solzhenitsyn shouldstart with this biography. They will find here a highly readablerendition of one of the most sensational lives of thetwentieth century."--Edward E. Ericson Jr., Author, Solzhenitsyn and the ModernWorld
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Based on exclusive, personal interviews with AlexanderSolzhenitsyn, Joseph Pearce's book provides profoundinsight into a towering literary and political figure.From his pro-Communist youth to his imprisonment inthe Gulags, his exile in America to his return to Russia, thisis the story of a man who struggled with the most weightyquestions of humanity. When a person has suffered the mostterrible physical and emotional torture, what becomes of hisspirit? Can politics and economics truly provide the answersa modern society needs? If peace and justice are never fullyattained, what hope is there for the future?Arguably one of the most significant writers of the twentiethcentury, Solzhenitsyn, both before and after the fall ofCommunism, spoke out against the Russian regime. His faithdeeply informed his literary approach and response to theexcesses of modern materialism. On the spiritual, cultural, and socio-political level, his writings have much to teach theworld.This biography contains previously unpublished prosepoems written by Solzhenitsyn after his return to Russia, anda gallery of rare photographs."Pearce has grasped with great insight the spiritual coreof Solzhenitsyn's achievement as a writer, and indeed as aprophet to Russia and the world. He writes with warm sympathyfor Russia's greatest literary voice in modern times."--David Aikman, Author, Great Souls: Six Who Changed theCentury"Joseph Pearce is best on what matters most aboutSolzhenitsyn: the centrality of the author's Christian faith. Itis no wonder that Solzhenitsyn chose to . . . provide Pearcewith fresh information. Newcomers to Solzhenitsyn shouldstart with this biography. They will find here a highly readablerendition of one of the most sensational lives of thetwentieth century."--Edward E. Ericson Jr., Author, Solzhenitsyn and the ModernWorld