Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Alexander Solzhenitsyn by Thomas, D.M.. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780312198268.

One of the most important literary biographies of recent times, this is not only the story of one of the centurys greatest writers, but the history of Russia itself. A rare combination of exhaustive research and novelistic style, Alexander Solzhenitsyn is the type of literary biography that appears rarely in a generation. D. M. Thomas depicts Solzhenitsyns struggles, which led to years of imprisonment and subsequent exile, and paints a deeply affecting portrait of the intricate relationship between Solzhenitsyns life and his art, always framing this masterpiece in the context of the historical times.