Hitch does a fair enough weighing of his life.
Years ago, the Gulag Archipelago washed away any lingering traces of delusion as to the brute nature of Communism's Theorie Und Praxis. It is a great contribution to the historical record, even if its current fate is to be toiler wrap for Berkeleyites dreaming of their Soviet sheepdom.
Monday, August 04, 2008
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He kept writing, whether or not he knew it would ever see print. I think they call that a Sense of Duty. Solzhenitsyn sure had it. I've read a Day in the Life of Ivan, a wonderful book without narrative judgment. That's the brilliance of such a work, because the actions of Soviets and Stalinist policy, when told objectively, is horrific enough. No one needs to really follow it up with, "Now this is bad..."
Good old Putin at Solzhenitsyns coffin is a lovely sight.
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