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Recollections of AIS

Alexis Klimoff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:02:05 GMT

The following recollections of Fr. Aleksandr Men’ of his meetings with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn are drawn from an article by Sergei Bychkov entitled “KGB

Re: Quote for this weekend

Alexis Klimoff — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:40:27 GMT

Whoops, beg pardon, I sent a note intended for a friend to the AIS list. As the Russians say: starost' – ne radost' [Old age is no joy]. (To which the

Re: Quote for this weekend

Alexis Klimoff — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:35:41 GMT

Thanks, Iv.Iv. Credo.ru carries what I thought are extremely interesting recollections of S.S. Bychkov on Fr. Aleksandr Men'. (This is a reproduction of the

Quote for this weekend

daneejo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:43:20 GMT

In re-reading Ch 44 I found the definitive AIS quote for this SuperBowl weekend. "Sports for the mass spectator, football and hockey, make idiots of us."

Re: What I do like in First Circle 96

daneejo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:35:14 GMT

Yes, that is a good chapter as well. In my mind Nerzhin's discussion with Gerasimovich (Ch 90 'On the Back Stairway') is a continuation and a somewhat

Re: What I do like in First Circle 96

daneejo — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 13:32:59 GMT

Thanks, Mike 'Out in the Open' is a good chapter. When I first read it, I was put off by the perception that Innokenty and Klara were on the verge of an

Re: What I do like in First Circle 96

Mahoney, Daniel (Political Science) — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:35:54 GMT

I should add that chapter 47of FC-96--which includes the remarkable exchange between Nerzhin and Rubin on natural justice, conscience, and "History"--is

Re: What I do like in First Circle 96

Mike Nicholson — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:53:22 GMT

There probably has been discussion of it -- I just don't recall it -- but one of the most intriguing chapters of the recently published translation is Ch 44

What I do like in First Circle 96

daneejo — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 10:43:03 GMT

Lest it seem that I just complain about 96 and want to go back to 87, I will say that there are things I appreciate in the restored text. I liked the chapter

One thing I like better in First Circle 87

daneejo — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:11:48 GMT

I think the chapter where Nerzhin disappoints Simochka is better in the lightened version than in the restored text. (Chapter 89 "Little Quail" in 96, Chapter

Re: Reprinted article on Solzhenitsyn

norm@... — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 04:00:16 GMT

I'm surprised Fr. Hesburgh didn't discharge Niemeyer immediately for his comeuppance in showcasing AIS and his unromantic portrayals of communism in action!

Reprinted article on Solzhenitsyn

daneejo — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 13:03:18 GMT

National Review Online has just posted a 1973 article on AIS by Gerhart Niemeyer which highly impressed me. "All human beings, victims and torturers alike, are

The “Lost” Books of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Steve Petrica — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:31:35 GMT

From the "Publishing Perspectives" blog... The “Lost” Books of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn January 19, 2010 @ → By

A washingtonpost.com article from: klimoff@vassar.edu

klimoff@... — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 19:23:25 GMT

Book World: 'In the First Circle' by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - washingtonpost.com E-mail This page was sent to you by: klimoff@... Book World: 'In the

Re: Sologdin in First Circle 96

Michael Scammell — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:28:16 GMT

You might want to look at Panin's own memoir for a complementary point of view, see "The Notebooks of Sologdin." Solzhenitsyn did say the original version of