{"product_id":"we-have-ceased-to-see-the-purpose-essential-speeches-of-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-hardcover","title":"We Have Ceased to See the Purpose: Essential Speeches of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAleksandr Solzhenitsyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eIgnat Solzhenitsyn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis collection brings together ten of Nobel Prize-winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's most memorable and consequential speeches, delivered in the West and in Russia between 1972 and 1997.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing his exile from the USSR in 1974, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn lived and traveled in the West for twenty years before the fall of Communism allowed him to return home to Russia. The majority of the speeches collected in this volume straddle this period of exile, contemplating the materialism prevalent worldwide--forcibly imposed in the socialist East, freely chosen in the capitalist West--and searching for humanity's possible paths forward. In beautiful yet haunting and prophetic prose, Solzhenitsyn explores the mysterious purpose of art, the two-edged nature of limitless freedom, the decline of faith in favor of legalistic secularism, and--perhaps most centrally--the power of literature, art, and culture to elevate the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese annotated speeches, including his timeless \"Nobel Lecture\" and \"Harvard Address,\" have been rendered in English by skilled translators, including Solzhenitsyn's sons. The volume includes an introduction to the speeches, brief background information about each speech, and a timeline of the key dates in Solzhenitsyn's life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), Nobel Prize laureate in literature, was a Soviet political prisoner from 1945 to 1953. His story \u003cem\u003eOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich\u003c\/em\u003e (1962) made him famous, and \u003cem\u003eThe Gulag Archipelago\u003c\/em\u003e (1973) further unmasked Communism and played a critical role in its eventual defeat. Solzhenitsyn was exiled to the West in 1974. He ultimately published dozens of plays, poems, novels, and works of history, nonfiction, and memoir, including \u003cem\u003eIn the First Circle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eCancer Ward\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Red Wheel\u003c\/em\u003e epic, \u003cem\u003eThe Oak and the Calf\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/em\u003e memoirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIgnat Solzhenitsyn is a pianist and conductor based in New York City. The middle son of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, he is translator and editor of several of his father's works in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 228\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.79 x 8.72 x 5.87 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978204807469,"sku":"9780268208585","price":29.18,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/iaLBTa1E0a9780268208585.webp?v=1775801008","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/we-have-ceased-to-see-the-purpose-essential-speeches-of-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}