Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian. Through his writings he helped to make the world aware of the Gulag, the Soviet Union's forced labor camp system – particularly The Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, two of his two best-known works. Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. He was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and returned to Russia in 1994. Solzhenitsyn was the father of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a conduct...
The Oak and the Calf
The Oak and the Calf
Synopsis
This memoir recounts Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's struggles to publish his work within the Soviet Union. It details his experiences with censorship, his complex relationships with editors, and the political fallout from his Nobel Prize. The book also sheds light on the people who supported him, whom he called 'the invisible ones.
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Aleksandr SolzhenitsynProtagonist
Aleksandr TvardovskySupporting
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The oak and the calfUnknown, 1980
568 pages
HarperCollinsLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97800601401441st Harper & Row ed.5 editions available
