Volumes of first full Solzhenitsyn collection published in Russia - iht,arts,books,Russia Solzhenitsyn - Culture - International Herald Tribune

Volumes of first full Solzhenitsyn collection published in Russia - iht,arts,books,Russia Solzhenitsyn - Culture - International Herald Tribune: "The wife of Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn on Thursday presented the initial three volumes of the first full collection of his works to be published in Russia — a country still struggling with the legacy of the oppressive era he documented.

It was a cherished moment for the aging writer, who has been through prison camps and exile and, Natalya Solzhenitsyn said, feels the 'draining of the life force' as his 88th birthday approaches. He was not at the presentation."