observations from suburbia
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.
After a long hiatus from reading that coincides with Greyson’s birth, I’ve picked up a book off my shelf which has sat page unturned for approximately 11 years. Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment. I read the first chapter last night and my initial observations are that it is magnificently written. I’m reading the Norton Critical edition published in 1975.
Unfortunately, the long day caught up with me fast and I fell asleep, book on chest around 8:30 last night. Hope to make some time to read the next chapter tonight.
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