Apricot Jam And Other Stories (Canons) - Softcover

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1786894238 ISBN 13: 9781786894236

Verlag: Canongate Books, 2018

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Críticas

One of the greatest writers of his time * * Guardian * * A remarkable human being, a visionary, a crusader in the simplest sense, who was steered in his writing, as in his actions, by a deep sense of justice * * Daily Telegraph * * What was forgotten was how great a writer Solzhenitsyn was. But now we are reminded with these nine short stories written shortly after his return to Russia and published posthumously in an excellent translation . . . The more experimental 'binary' or two-part tales, which dominate this collection, share the qualities of Solzhenitsyn's finest prose: its precision and visual clarity; the subtle irony and humour of its tone; its moral truth; and the skilful crafting and shaping of the story for emotional effect * * The Times * * Read these stories for a reminder of an extraordinary life, for the range of the interests they encompass and for a pugnacious moral energy that even the octogenarian writer was hard pressed to tame * * Guardian * * In terms of the effect he has had on history, Solzhenitsyn is the dominant writer of [the twentieth] century -- David Remnick * * New Yorker * * Described by scholars as ranking alongside his best work . . . one of the publishing events of the autumn * * Observer * * In probing the relationship between action and belief during times of crisis, Solzhenitsyn is unsurpassed * * The Times * * A great book . . . absolutely terrific -- John Carey With its unapologetic moralising and blunt irony, Apricot Jam is a perfect introduction to the stories in this volume. The binary method is essentially a satirical device, designed to capture the doubleness - and double-facedness - of Russian life under communism * * New Statesman * * As fresh as masterpieces such as Cancer Ward or Matryona's Home -- Victor Sebestyen * * Sunday Times * *

Reseña del editor

In this, his atmospheric final work of fiction, the Nobel Prize-winning author of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich introduces an unforgettable set of characters whose day-to-day lives are transformed under the pressures of Soviet rule. These stories confirm Solzhenitsyn's position alongside Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Gogol as one of Russia's great writers.

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• Verlag: Canongate Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1786894238
• ISBN 13: 9781786894236
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 1