{"product_id":"solzhenitsyn-by-david-burg-and-george-feifer","title":"'Solzhenitsyn' by David Burg and George Feifer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"\"\u003e\n\u003csection class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none [\u0026amp;:has([data-writing-block])\u0026gt;*]:pointer-events-auto R6Vx5W_threadScrollVars scroll-mb-[calc(var(--scroll-root-safe-area-inset-bottom,0px)+var(--thread-response-height))] scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"text-base my-auto mx-auto pb-8 [--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-xs,calc(var(--spacing)*4))] @w-sm\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-sm,calc(var(--spacing)*6))] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-margin:var(--thread-content-margin-lg,calc(var(--spacing)*16))] px-(--thread-content-margin)\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"[--thread-content-max-width:40rem] @w-lg\/main:[--thread-content-max-width:48rem] mx-auto max-w-(--thread-content-max-width) flex-1 group\/turn-messages focus-visible:outline-hidden min-h-8 relative flex w-full min-w-0 flex-col agent-turn\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex max-w-full flex-col gap-4 grow\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv dir=\"auto\" class=\"min-h-8 text-message relative flex w-full flex-col items-end gap-2 text-start break-words whitespace-normal outline-none keyboard-focused:focus-ring [.text-message+\u0026amp;]:mt-1\" tabindex=\"0\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"streaming-animation markdown prose dark:prose-invert wrap-break-word w-full light markdown-new-styling\"\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eWritten while Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was still living inside the Soviet Union, Burg and Feifer’s \u003cem\u003eSolzhenitsyn\u003c\/em\u003e was one of the first substantial attempts to map the life behind \u003cem\u003eOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe First Circle\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eCancer Ward\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt follows him from childhood and military service through arrest, the labour camps, exile, cancer, rehabilitation and his emergence as perhaps the Soviet Union’s most internationally visible dissident writer. The book is especially useful now as a document of proximity: it was produced before exile transformed Solzhenitsyn into a global Cold War figure, while the political struggle around his writing was still actively unfolding. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat proximity also made the biography controversial, as Solzhenitsyn objected sharply to Burg and Feifer’s methods and to some of the material gathered from people around him. Even before publication, the dispute was public. Contemporary discussion treated the book as important precisely because it tried to reconstruct a life whose records, witnesses and manuscripts were all politically dangerous things to possess. \u003cspan class=\"contents\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe contents move chronologically through ‘War’, ‘Arrest’, ‘Sentence’, ‘The First Circle’, ‘Survival’, ‘Exile’, ‘Cancer’, ‘Publication’, ‘Stalemate’ and ‘Protest’, with photographic illustrations throughout.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbacus \/ Sphere Books, London, 1973. First Abacus edition. Paperback. Illustrated. Moderate edge and corner wear, rubbing and creasing to covers, with age-toning to text block. Internally clean; binding sound. Good condition.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"bower studio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46183360069715,"sku":null,"price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0689\/0268\/2707\/files\/novels_novellas_56.png?v=1788828012","url":"https:\/\/bowerbooks.com\/products\/solzhenitsyn-by-david-burg-and-george-feifer","provider":"bower books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}