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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Dies at 89

August 4, 2008 - 12:07am — Bibliofuture

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, whose stubborn, lonely and combative literary struggles gained the force of prophecy as he revealed the heavy afflictions of Soviet Communism in some of the most powerful works of the 20th century, died late on Sunday at the age of 89 in Moscow.

Full article in the NYT

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August 4, 2008 - 12:14am — Bibliofuture

Preface to The Gulag Archipelago

"For years I have with reluctant heart withheld from publication this already completed book. My obligation to those who are still alive outweighed my obligation to those who are dead. But now that State Security has seized the book anyway I have no alternative but to publish it immediately."

The Gulag Archipelago: 1918-1956

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