Comments on: No More Days in the Life of Aleksander Isayevich http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/no-more-days-in-the-life-of-aleksander-isayevich/ European Opinion Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:59:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: antonymous http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/no-more-days-in-the-life-of-aleksander-isayevich/#comment-21384 antonymous Mon, 04 Aug 2008 19:50:50 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3397#comment-21384 He was also an antisemite, so it's quite natural he's getting his laurels from the "jews to the frontlines" kind of 'free westerners'. He was also an antisemite, so it’s quite natural he’s getting his laurels from the “jews to the frontlines” kind of ‘free westerners’.

]]> By: Jussi Jalonen http://fistfulofeuros.net/afoe/culture/no-more-days-in-the-life-of-aleksander-isayevich/#comment-21379 Jussi Jalonen Mon, 04 Aug 2008 11:07:52 +0000 http://fistfulofeuros.net/?p=3397#comment-21379 After watching Solzhenitsyn's general performance during this last decade of his life, the idea of "Russians drawing on his example" is, well, sort of frightening. The impact of his literary works and his Nobel prize on the downfall of the Soviet system is debatable, and describing a reactionary Great Russian arch-conservative nationalist as a "catalyst of change" is sublime irony. Hopefully, they'll bury him deep enough. Cheers, J. J. After watching Solzhenitsyn’s general performance during this last decade of his life, the idea of “Russians drawing on his example” is, well, sort of frightening.

The impact of his literary works and his Nobel prize on the downfall of the Soviet system is debatable, and describing a reactionary Great Russian arch-conservative nationalist as a “catalyst of change” is sublime irony.

Hopefully, they’ll bury him deep enough.

Cheers,

J. J.

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