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Have you read “In the first circle”? Great read, and they made a mini series out of it that I believe Solzhenitsyn himself narrates.
by tagoregrtst 5y ago
Have you read “In the first circle”? Great read, and they made a mini series out of it that I believe Solzhenitsyn himself narrates.
- ggm 5y agoYes, And I enjoyed it a bit .. less? I can't really say why. The writing is lyrical, wonderful. "Gulag Archipelago" is hard going. Ivan Denisovitch is set as a kids reading book in the UK (or was) "Cancer Ward" is my favourite. Perhaps it's because it has inside it a simple-but-its-complicated, love story? I know thats a bit asinine, but I like romance.
- tagoregrtst 5y agoI enjoyed CW more than FC. I think FC was more depressing. I like Ivan Denisovich most though - theres a message of hope in it that that the others lack. I agree about the romanticism of CW. Why dismiss love as asinine?