{"product_id":"between-two-millstones-book-1-9780268105020","title":"Between Two Millstones Book 1","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first of a two-volume memoir, \u003ci\u003e\u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones, Book 1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e explores Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s exile from the Soviet Union and struggles to find a home in the West.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e is the name of the autobiography that picks up where \u003ci\u003eThe Oak and the Calf\u003c\/i\u003e left off. . . . Published in Russian periodicals in the late 1990s and now translated into English, the book charts a striking transformation in how Western readers saw Solzhenitsyn, and how he, in turn, saw himself.\" —\u003ci\u003eNational Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“. . . we must be grateful for these sketches and the insight into the times that they offer, as well as the all-too-rare and occasional glimpses of the lovable man behind the publicly impenetrable mask.” —\u003ci\u003eChronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Solzhenitsyn remained a Russian patriot. His literary mission was the restoration of his homeland to a condition of liberty and flourishing that Leninist-Stalinism destroyed. This is the ultimate truth of the recently released English edition of \u003ci\u003eBook 1\u003c\/i\u003e of \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e, which is Solzhenitsyn’s account of his forced exile in the West in 1974.” —\u003ci\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Liberty\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“We can be thankful to the University of Notre Dame Press for publishing, late last year, \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones, Book I: Sketches of Exile, 1974-1978\u003c\/i\u003e, translated by Peter Constantine and with an introduction by the Solzhenitsyn scholar Daniel J. Mahoney. . . . \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e is an entirely different category. While \u003ci\u003eMarch 1917\u003c\/i\u003e is a crucial episode in the work that Solzhenitsyn relentlessly devoted himself to for decades of research and writing, the former is much more causal—not a journal, precisely, but full of incident.” —\u003ci\u003eFirst Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Solzhenitsyn] is a writer with a necessarily solitary occupation, yet he is put upon by outside forces that feel to him as inexorable as Soviet oppression. . . . This will be enjoyed by serious readers of this author.” —\u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Constantine’s formidable translation of the first volume of Solzhenitsyn’s memoir is a birth-centennial tribute to the great Russian writer. . . . This memoir is a timely and propitious antidote to the current perplexing world situation, which is marked by the rise of neo-Nazism, international wars, criminal activities on the part of governments, and callous disregard for the law and constitutional traditions.” —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBetween Two Milestones\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament not only to the courage and clear-sightedness of Solzhenitsyn but also to the evils of the Soviet Union and the pathologies that still plague the West. . . . Insightful, surprisingly humorous at places, and always focused on those things that make life work living—family, God, culture, and one’s own country—\u003ci\u003eBetween Two Milestones\u003c\/i\u003e illuminates the struggles one faces when living in the West and what one can make of it in this free but empty civilization.” —\u003ci\u003eVoegelin View\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Solzhenitsyn] was a polymath, an able scientist, and mathematician who devoured literature in many languages. . . . For readers who seek to understand one of the pivotal geniuses of the 20th century, \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e is a treasure.” —\u003ci\u003eClaremont Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"An engaging tale of Solzhenitsyn's initial exposure to Western ways.\" —\u003ci\u003eRain Taxi\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Here we meet Solzhenitsyn the writer, a man searching for a quiet place to gather his thoughts, refine them, and put them on paper. . . . In this book above all others, perhaps, Solzhenitsyn shows how he subtly shifted the emphasis of Russian Orthodox Christianity toward a path of greater sobriety.\" —\u003ci\u003eSociety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400751292759,"sku":"9780268105020","price":18.89,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268105020.jpg?v=1730471472","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-two-millstones-book-1-9780268105020","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}