I would suggest that someone not terribly familiar with the work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn start with something like "A Day in the Life of Ivan D." (the D. is actually spelled out to make a last name but I don't feel like looking it up and couldn't imagine getting it right if I had to guess at the spelling). It was the first of the Solzhenitsyn prison camp books and, during the short period when Khrushchev allowed a bit of publishing freedom, it came out in Russia followed by translations in the rest of the world. Although one of his shorter works (more like the size of a typical novel, it brought him to international attention and likely motivated his nobel prize. His four Gulag books (Ivan and the three archipelago novels) make up the really important publications from his career. After moving from the Soviet Union to Vermont in 1974, he wrote and published a bunch of historical fiction which isn't terribly good or considered important in the critical community. cdh Chris Hofstader CUNY, BSO, ATG, Odds and Ends email: cdh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Blog: http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com <http://www.blindconfidential.blogspot.com/> Skype: BlindChristian phone: 727-896-6393 _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Amy Goldring Tajalli Sent: Monday, August 04, 2008 6:42 PM To: Bksvol-discuss Subject: (no subject) To any fans of Russian Literature: Alexander Solzhenitsyn died today at the age of 89. I went and checked the Bookshare collection and only 4 of his books were listed and only one was a volume of The Gulag Archipelago, a three volume history of the Russian & Soviet Prison system. If anyone would be interested in scanning the other two volumes, or other Books by him, especially the novels, I would be interested in validating them though both jobs will take time as most of his books are very long. While I was looking I checked Michael Sholokhov's name and found only one of his books listed. I don't know how long it will take or if anyone would be interested in scanning his work but I would also be interested in validating them. His works are available in paperback and I could scan them if I could get a decent copy. The Gulags are very large books and I could not handle books that large and thick as a scanner. But I could work on any of the books to validate though these would all be a long project. Solzhenisyn was working on a "compendium" of his works which, considering his works, I assume to mean a "complete works" rather than a summarization of them, which would be virtually impossible even for him. Any offers? Amy omsm -- It if be now, 'tis not to come, If it be not to come, it will be now, If it be now now, Yet it will come. The readiness is all. Wm. Shakespeare __________ NOD32 3325 (20080804) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com