tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post582227591164909355..comments2024-03-25T02:16:16.247-07:00Comments on Christ the Tao: Ninth Best Review: Solzhenitsyn, The First CircleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-10264350564717385932012-04-27T07:08:40.652-07:002012-04-27T07:08:40.652-07:00Thanks, though I see I failed to correct "Sla...Thanks, though I see I failed to correct "Slavophobe" for "Slavophil," now fixed. <br /><br />If you haven't read Solzhenitsyn before, in some ways One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is the ideal place to start -- it's short, plunged you into the "normal" zek life, also brilliant in a different way, and historically significant, since it was part of Krushchev's opening. Then this. Gulag is great, terrible. Cancer Ward I found depressing, but also brilliant -- wouldn't read it again. August 1914 and Oak and the Calf are interesting, but not on this level, IMO. But if you only wanted to read one of his books, this is probably the one I'd recommend.David B Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04029133398946303654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071813.post-51593454295997016792012-04-27T02:36:51.814-07:002012-04-27T02:36:51.814-07:00Interesting review. Makes me want to read the book...Interesting review. Makes me want to read the book.Brian Barringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025043345722806768noreply@blogger.com