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Personal/Theological Notebook: The Death of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Aug 03, 2008 23:57

And the world loses one of its great voices again.

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Cancer Ward anonymous August 4 2008, 18:12:10 UTC

I had to read Cancer Ward in grad school for a class on ethics. I remember spending an entire day whizzing through it. I personally had never read anything like it and loved it. Then I remember going to class the next day and hearing all the complaints and the number of people who couldn't get past the first few chapters. A Day in the Life of Ivan Dasonivich (sp?) is one of Chad's favorites; and I have yet to read it.
Ang

Re: Cancer Ward novak August 4 2008, 21:20:27 UTC

Huh. I didn't know that your tastes ran in this direction, too. Cancer Ward isn't one I've touched, though Ivan Denisovitch was the first that I read in school, and it hit me in the way you've described. Interesting to know that "I didn't like it" is an acceptable cop-out among grad students - sheesh!

Re: Cancer Ward anonymous August 4 2008, 21:36:50 UTC

Whew I butchered the spelling didn't I? Well I don't believe the prof then said, "go ahead you can skip this one." Reading a book one doesn't like makes me think of my book club. We always give a brief weigh in regarding our like or dislike of a book. There have been several I have not really preferred. But I am finding one can still discuss and converse about a book they don't prefer. Now if I didn't prefer 100% of our reads, I would probably begin to grumble. But I have found there is a place for reading something we don't like. Ang

vesta_venus December 9 2008, 23:38:05 UTC

I'm glad you posted your year in review. I totally missed this piece of news as this was my only vacation week.

I have yet to read any of his works, but Solzhenitsyn was heavily quoted by my favourite law professor, Ian Hunter, all the time. I think professor Hunter considered his 3 greatest influences of the 20th century to be Malcom Muggeridge, C.S. Lewis and Aleksandre Solzhenitsyn.