Goodbye Mr. Solzhenitsyn
The New York Times reports today that Alexandr Solzhenitsyn died at 89 of heart conditions.
I read his book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich when I was in high school at my debate coach’s recommendation.
It truly was a fascinating account of the horrors of the Soviet prison system under Stalin.
Today we have lost a freedom fighter as well as a very strong writer.
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