Solzhenitsyn's Birthday-Release of Book 2 of Between Two Millstones

Solzhenitsyn & family in Cavendish

December 11 is the 102^nd birthday of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.

This past month, book Two of Between Two Millstones: Exiled in America was published in English and is available from Amazon. Solzhenitsyn writes about his time in the west, which includes living in Cavendish for 18 of the 20 years he was in exile.

Below are a variety of reviews, as well as excerpts from the book.

The book was launched on Dec. 10, 2020 at the Kennan Institute, which includes a discussion by Dan Mahoney and Ignat Solzhenitsyn. You can watch the video online. 

• Between Two Millstones: Solzhenitsyn’s Exile in America 1978-1994

Book 2 of his memoirs focuses on a period of family and fruitful writing in Vermont. The American Spectator

• The Wall Street Journal

• Claremont Review of Books

• Kirkus Reviews

• The New Criterion: Gray Mists & Ancient Stones, an excerpt

• The American Conservative

• Foreword Reviews

• Wall Street Journal

• The Hudson Review

• Big Other

• Letter to President Reagan National Review 

• An Encounter Sabotaged: National Review 

• Yearning for Home: National Review