In which one of the 1980 Iranian hostages explains why “War and Peace” meant so much to him at the time.
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The Novel that Upended the USSR
Solzhenitsyn’s “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” so effectively aided Khrushchev’s destalinization project that it would be banned by Brezhnev.
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A Day in the Life of a College Professor
I had a very interesting day Monday. Taking inspiration from Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, I thought I’d describe it to give you a window into the life of a college teacher.
