Solzhenitsyn: A Soul in Exile

Arguably one of the most significant writers of the twentieth century, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, according to Joseph Pearce, has too often been stereotyped as a prophet of doom, a pessimist, someone out of touch with reality, and irrelevant. Pearce sets out to challenge this typical media Solzhenitsyn as “paradox the pessimistic optimist.” He shows how Solzhenitsyn’s Christian faith brought him to the truth that shines so clearly in all his that “creeping knowledge that human history may be little more than a long defeat in a land of exile. Yet such a defeat, however long, is rooted in temporal and therefore temporary.” Among the features of this major new biography are exclusive personal interviews with Solzhenitsyn, previously unpublished poetry, a rare photo gallery, and a focus on the rich faith dimension of this Nobel Prize winner’s life. Any new student of Solzhenitsyn should start with this book.