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Title: August 1914: The Red Wheel/Knot 1 by H.T. Willetts, Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn ISBN: 0374519994 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: May, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $25.00 Amazon Price(USD): $17.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.18182
Rating: 4
Summary: Hello from the world
Comment: For lovers of Russian literature and history buffs, this is a terrific book! If you're not a fan of this genre, however, it's going to be ONE TOUGH READ. Solzhenitsyn throws in characters with machine-gun rapidity as well as hundreds of local historical references that will be lost on many folks simply eager to find out about a bit about one of the greatest writers of the century.
That having been said, this one is a winner. Rich description, lovely prose and Solzhenitsyn's obvious love for his homeland are woven into a terrific work that offers deep insights into the Russian view this tumultuous period in their history. For my money, the portion of the book dealing the desperate Russian army and their misguided leaders is Solzhenitsyn at his finest: brutally accurate and never lacking in a deeper understanding of the flawed human beings that made up the events.
This is a must read, but don't make it your first foray into Russian literature or Solzhenitsyn. Try a shorter, less complex work first and then move to this if you like the genre.
Rating: 5
Summary: 20th Century Tolstoy explains 20th Century Russia
Comment: August 1914 is a historical novel examining the causes for the decline of 19th Century aristocratic Russia to a 20th Century Russia of Socialist experimentation. Solzhenitsyn (AS) picks up his 20th Century analysis of Russia where Tolstoy left off his 19th Century point of view. This is a powerful novel displaying history, as it defines its causality. It grapples with the character of the Russian who is about to face revolutionary change which will deliver the country and its people from an agrarian peasant society to an industrialist monstrous social catastrophe. AS examines how and why Russia went socialist. For students of the French Revolution, August 1914 is another manifestation of how that earlier revolution influenced and occurred in Russia. For students interested in the transition of a culture from 19th Century behavior and values to extreme expiramental 20th political practices, this book is mandatory. August 1914 best demonstrates Henry Adams' forecast that the 19th century mode of life would change radically in the 20th century. AS' dynamo is a war, a romantic urge and a people who are ready for change and have the temperment to change as they did. This is truly an absorbing book and an important book to anyone interested in the influence of Russia in the 20th century. It is a must read for anyone who is interested in Russian history. In fact, it is a great place to start for anyone who is beginning a survey of Russia of history.
Rating: 5
Summary: Well written, detailed coverage of period in Russian History
Comment: Solzhenitsyn's The Red Wheel, Knot I is an extraordinarily work. His attention to historical detail and ability to draw the reader into the mind of each character make this an extremely enjoyable reconstruction of this chaotic period in Russian history. Solzhenitsyn incorporates newspaper clippings, military communiqués, multiple character viewpoints including German, Russian, revolutionary, soldier, and student in an almost patchwork manner which conveys history's turbid nature. The author occasionally employs a screenplay method, which lends an interesting visual element to the book. Overall, the only comparable book I have read would be Tolstoy's War and Peace. Solzhenitsyn's The Red Wheel is not an "easy read", but I highly recommend it to anyone with some backround in Russian history (without which you may find yourself lost at times) and an interest in historical fiction. Read the "complete and unabridged" version to get the most out of this book.
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Title: November, 1916: Red Wheel, Knot II (Solzhenisyn Aleksandr Isaevich.//Red Wheel (Paper), Vol 2) by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, H. T. Willetts ISBN: 0374527032 Publisher: Farrar Straus & Giroux (Pap) Pub. Date: May, 2000 List Price(USD): $17.00 Amazon Price(USD): $11.90 |
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Title: The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation by Thomas P. Whitney, Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn ISBN: 0813332893 Publisher: Westview Press Pub. Date: May, 1997 List Price(USD): $25.00 Amazon Price(USD): $17.50 |
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Title: The First Circle by Thomas P. Whitney, Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn ISBN: 0810115905 Publisher: Northwestern University Press Pub. Date: October, 1997 List Price(USD): $16.05 Amazon Price(USD): $11.24 |
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Title: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Tvardovsky, Yevgeny Yevtushenko ISBN: 0451527097 Publisher: Signet Classic Pub. Date: August, 1998 List Price(USD): $5.95 Amazon Price(USD): $5.95 |
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Title: Cancer Ward by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, Nicholas Bethell, David Burg ISBN: 0374511993 Publisher: Noonday Press Pub. Date: November, 1991 List Price(USD): $18.00 Amazon Price(USD): $12.60 |
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