I read an article which claimed Solzhenitsyn was a propagandist for the west - ages ago. I have not seen it since but will try to locate it because it was clearer by far than Prof Grover Furr.
Natalya Reshetovskaya, Solzhenitsyn’s first wife, publicly criticized the accuracy of The Gulag Archipelago. Her primary statements are found in:
"Sanya: My Life with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" (1974): In this memoir, she argued that the book was not historical research but a collection of "camp folklore" and "raw material" her husband intended for future fiction. She claimed the West wrongly appraised it as the "solemn, ultimate truth."
Interview with Le Figaro (February 1974): Shortly after the book's publication, she told the French newspaper that the work was based on unreliable information and represented the "folklore of the camps" rather than actual camp life or the life of the country.
Obituaries (2003): Her views were summarized in her obituaries in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times following her death, which highlighted her contention that Solzhenitsyn exaggerated the conditions and relied on mythical accounts.
I guess that makes Gulag Archipelago and Solzhenitsyn
both false: are you sure about this?
Look into those too. Question everything.
I read an article which claimed Solzhenitsyn was a propagandist for the west - ages ago. I have not seen it since but will try to locate it because it was clearer by far than Prof Grover Furr.
Natalya Reshetovskaya, Solzhenitsyn’s first wife, publicly criticized the accuracy of The Gulag Archipelago. Her primary statements are found in:
"Sanya: My Life with Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn" (1974): In this memoir, she argued that the book was not historical research but a collection of "camp folklore" and "raw material" her husband intended for future fiction. She claimed the West wrongly appraised it as the "solemn, ultimate truth."
Interview with Le Figaro (February 1974): Shortly after the book's publication, she told the French newspaper that the work was based on unreliable information and represented the "folklore of the camps" rather than actual camp life or the life of the country.
Obituaries (2003): Her views were summarized in her obituaries in The New York Times and Los Angeles Times following her death, which highlighted her contention that Solzhenitsyn exaggerated the conditions and relied on mythical accounts.
But just who is this "I" doing all this questioning. Can the self examine the self. Serious people find that a much more fruitful pursuit.
But just who is this "I" doing all this questioning. Can the self examine the self. Serious people find that a much more fruit pursuit