{"product_id":"between-two-millstones-book-2-9780268109004","title":"Between Two Millstones Book 2","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“When you read Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn you know that you are reading and being read by one of the greatest men of the bloody 20th century. . . . He wouldn’t be muzzled. . . . He is also frank. Solzhenitsyn never hesitated to reveal to his readers the truth of things, including his own soul.” —\u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This long-awaited translation does not disappoint, offering insights into [Solzhenitsyn’s] work on \u003ci\u003eThe Red Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e, his family life in Vermont, and his responses to the rapidly evolving political circumstances of what proved to be Soviet Communism’s waning years. . . . \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e provides interesting insights into not just Solzhenitsyn but also the landscape he inhabited . . . [and] may be the most pleasurable read in his catalog—an opportunity to spend time with the writer in pleasant refuge.” —\u003ci\u003eThe American Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“In \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones \u003c\/i\u003eSolzhenitsyn blends several literary genres—autobiography, essay, and a touch of diary. . . . Readers encounter a great-souled Russian and Christian man \u003ci\u003ein medias res\u003c\/i\u003e, as he thinks, feels, lives his way through the years of separation from his beloved homeland.” —\u003ci\u003eWill Morrisey Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Outsiders see things those on the inside cannot see. Alexis de Tocqueville penetrated American democracy as no American could. In a similar fashion, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s \u003cem\u003eBetween Two Millstones[, Book 2]: Exile in America, 1978-1994\u003c\/em\u003e presents a view of America that few Americans could have grasped.\" —\u003cem\u003eLaw \u0026amp; Liberty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The thread unifying the second volume of \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e . . . is Solzhenitsyn’s ongoing research and writing of \u003ci\u003eThe Red Wheel\u003c\/i\u003e, his cycle of four novels (with more planned) spanning Russian history from the eruption of World War I in August 1914 to December 1917, just after the Bolshevik Revolution. . . . For Solzhenitsyn, fiction can be an instrument of truth, as it was for many of his Russian predecessors.” —\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Solzhenitsyn assumes a Tolstoyan mien (unwittingly or deliberately?). Striving for his works’ publication in Russia, he envisioned his \u003ci\u003eexegi monumentum\u003c\/i\u003e would restore Russia’s glory and soul. Thus in this second book . . . he corrects the lies and misinterpretations his works and appearances suffered from Soviet invectives as well as Western misperceptions. . . . Recommended.\" —\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This memoir exemplifies the difficult question of belonging. Without slipping into clichés, Solzhenitsyn challenges both émigré and American alike to seek the truth, not only of one’s own existence, but also that of a nation.\" —\u003ci\u003eModern Age\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Today, as America seems more fractured than ever before, Solzhenitsyn’s reflections on how to restore Russia to a state of ordered liberty seem especially pertinent. . . . Solzhenitsyn is an inspiration—as a thinker, an artist, and a warrior who never tired of the battle.” —\u003ci\u003eCity Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Perhaps the lengthiest but most important single episode recounted in Book 2 is Solzhenitsyn’s account of working with his biographer, Michael Scammel. For anyone familiar with this affair, reading this autobiographical account offers a fascinating first-hand view into the complicated professional relationship between the two men. For those who are unfamiliar, it is an edge-of-your-seat intellectual thriller, a rollercoaster of literary intrigue.\" —\u003ci\u003eThe University Bookman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The last volume of Solzhenitsyn’s memoirs, the recently translated second part of \u003ci\u003eBetween Two Millstones\u003c\/i\u003e, . . . casts the Gorbachev years as an eerie repeat of 1917.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublisher’s Note\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword to Book 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART TWO (1978–1982)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Russian Pain \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. A Creeping Host\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. More Headaches \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART THREE (1982–1987)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Around Three Islands \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Drawing Inward \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Ordeal by Tawdriness \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Alarm in the Senate \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Warm Breeze\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePART FOUR (1987–1994)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Through the Brambles\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Ideas Spurned\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Nearing the Return \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAPPENDICES\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Appendices\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendices (25–36)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes to the English Translation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Selected Names\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Index\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Notre Dame Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400756699479,"sku":"9780268109004","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780268109004.jpg?v=1730471489","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/between-two-millstones-book-2-9780268109004","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}