tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post4061684604632886225..comments2023-06-13T10:02:58.840+01:00Comments on Conprimo: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich - Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577444088626363219noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post-55691101545948655292012-07-08T09:12:55.117+01:002012-07-08T09:12:55.117+01:00He was an interesting person I think, and I think ...He was an interesting person I think, and I think I'd like to know more about him, but then there's so much I want to know more about, and at the moment it's not a priority, so it'll probably get pushed back and I'll end up forgetting, or at least it'll be relegated for a while :SRowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577444088626363219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post-79477683055456114642012-07-07T19:24:41.065+01:002012-07-07T19:24:41.065+01:00Yeah, he was announced as the Nobel winner for Lit...Yeah, he was announced as the Nobel winner for Literature, but the Soviet Union wouldn't allow him out of the country to get the award, 'cause they thought he wouldn't come back. He was always getting arrested and interrogated, and routinely would have his house ransacked and his writings taken or destroyed. Such an interesting thing for someone in his position to walk the tightrope of pushing literary boundaries without QUITE going far enough to get executed or imprisoned for life.neal callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285975416175230777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post-21738602419267968342012-07-07T06:56:15.682+01:002012-07-07T06:56:15.682+01:00I checked out some of his history when I read the ...I checked out some of his history when I read the book. I know that he was imprisoned a first time due to the censorship of something he'd written, was released, published something else and was reimprisoned and then rereleased due to possibly international political pressure. At that point I think he left the country? <br /><br />I know that he had a rough life, much rougher than most people, at any rate. And he had the courage to make a stand and get knowledge of it to many many people.Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577444088626363219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post-65224906584811862862012-07-06T17:35:22.814+01:002012-07-06T17:35:22.814+01:00Found your blog through Amber's tag. Just thou...Found your blog through Amber's tag. Just thought I'd stop by and say that I really like Solzhenitsyn. It's been a while since I read this book, but it was also my first. Cancer Ward is also one of the first quality pieces of literature I read as a kid.<br /><br />You should check out Solzhenitsyn's history - really fascinating the censorship, Nobel Prize, defection, and everything that he went through. For a while he was even living in, I think, New England, but then went back to Russia after the Soviet Union collapsed.neal callhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285975416175230777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post-24425162444703124202012-05-20T08:44:39.419+01:002012-05-20T08:44:39.419+01:00I didn't dislike the book. It was very interes...I didn't dislike the book. It was very interesting to read and made you empathise with some points of the experience that a textbook can't get across. But I struggle to read something which isn't broken up, it makes my head hurt and it almost makes me feel guilty for reading it. And even if I'm really enjoying a book I like to know that there's a convenient point just around the corner where I can put it down to go make a drink or something even if I accidentally read past that point...<br />It fascinates me the level of cruelty people suffered in these camps, and I'm in awe of the people who are able to put it into words. But I still struggled a bit with it :)Rowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577444088626363219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2655044077798860203.post-83375988910791485762012-05-19T17:24:20.072+01:002012-05-19T17:24:20.072+01:00I liked the book. I think primarily because at eac...I liked the book. I think primarily because at each turn I was reminded (or at least reminded myself) that everything there was based on the author's experience. It wasn't great prose that moved me, but the bald simplicity of it, combined with the horrific facts. Reading it made me very glad of and grateful for my comfortable life. One bit that stuck was the ridiculously cold temperatures they had to work in with tiny amounts of food and thin clothing. I think it said if it went below -42F then they were allowed to stay indoors.Mark Lawrencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877925828353073272noreply@blogger.com