SUMMARY: This offering is a magnificient
typed letter signed by the author Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
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Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
(b. 1918). Russian Author
& Nobel Laureate (1970). Typed Manuscript Signed,
one page, quarto, being a transcription of the first page of
the Gulag Archipelago, his most famous novel.Although
this is not the work for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize
for literature, most historians believe its publication was a
seminal event which made him the most important literary figure
of the last century.Solzhenitsyn's work called the profound evil
of Stalin and communism to the attention of the entire world.Here
is a quote from the typescript that illustrates the point:
The Universe has many
different centers as there are living beings in it. Each of us
is a center of the Universe, and that Universe is shattered when
they hiss at you: "You are under arrest."
After the publication of Gulag,
it was no longer possible for either the empty headed 'intellectuals'
of most of the world or the left-leaning media in the United
Sttes to find any redeeming qualities in the Soviet system--although
they tried hard enough. Some argue that the publication of this
book had a profound effect on many Americans including Ronald
Reagan and that it was therefore the pebble that started an avalanche
of revulsion which eventually led to the downfall of the Soviet
Union.
- The autograph comes with a letter
of authenticity as to its origin,
history and authenticity.
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