October 30, 2004

Solzhenitsyn the Liberal?

A corrective essay on the image of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Difficult to judge this without reference to the many important but untranslated works: it's a reminder of how limiting a monoglottal understanding of the world can be.

Posted by Alan Allport at October 30, 2004 05:14 AM
Comments

An excellent essay! I'd been unfamiliar with any such criticism of Solzhenitsyn, but the First Things article matches the picture I'd formed of him from his own books.

Posted by: Ben Brumfield at October 30, 2004 07:51 PM