Aleksandr isayevich solzhenitsyn 11 december 1918 3 august 2008 was a russian novelist, philosopher, historian, short story writer and political prisoner. November 1916 is the second volume in aleksandr solzhenitsyn s multipart work, the red wheel. At an even pages, the book would seem overlong except that despite its length it can barely contain the numerous characters, movements, plots, conspiracies, and ideas that form the mosaic the author presents of russia on the eve of revolt. The month was november, and the age and month encapsulate the stagnant and oppressive atmosphere. In time for the centenary of the beginning of the russian revolution. Solzhenitsyn was an outspoken critic of the soviet union and communism and helped to raise global awareness of its gulag labor camp system after serving in the soviet army during world war ii, he was sentenced to spend eight years in. This volume concentrates on a historical turning point, or knot.
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