Solzhenitsyn's son says father's 'Old Testament' image is misleading
'His strident political tone was not compatible with typical western discourse,' Ignat Solzhenitsyn tells interviewer. 'Then people saw the beard'
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a humane and tolerant family man a long way from the angry dissident he is often remembered as, according to his son.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 5 January, 2010
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