Stories And Prose Poems
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A masterwork of compressed literary power, Stories and Prose Poems presents a collection of short fiction and lyrical miniatures from one of the twentieth century's most towering moral voices. The prose poems — known in Russian as krokhótki, or tiny things — capture fleeting moments of natural beauty, human dignity, and spiritual longing with an intensity that belies their brevity, while the longer stories confront the brutal realities of Soviet life with unflinching honesty. Written with a tone that balances quiet reverence for the human spirit against a searing indictment of oppression, each piece illustrates Solzhenitsyn's belief that truth, however small its vessel, carries an irresistible weight. The collection stands as a testament to the author's conviction that literature must serve as a witness to history, and readers will find in these pages both the tenderness of a poet and the moral urgency of a prophet.
Author: Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Format: Paperback
Published: 1974, Penguin Books
Genre: Fiction
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: No markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A masterwork of compressed literary power, Stories and Prose Poems presents a collection of short fiction and lyrical miniatures from one of the twentieth century's most towering moral voices. The prose poems — known in Russian as krokhótki, or tiny things — capture fleeting moments of natural beauty, human dignity, and spiritual longing with an intensity that belies their brevity, while the longer stories confront the brutal realities of Soviet life with unflinching honesty. Written with a tone that balances quiet reverence for the human spirit against a searing indictment of oppression, each piece illustrates Solzhenitsyn's belief that truth, however small its vessel, carries an irresistible weight. The collection stands as a testament to the author's conviction that literature must serve as a witness to history, and readers will find in these pages both the tenderness of a poet and the moral urgency of a prophet.