tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post8708384196722936095..comments2024-02-12T03:04:46.091-08:00Comments on AttackingtheDemi-Puppets: Solzhenitsyn at HarvardKing Wenclashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13709139159194279478noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7983462.post-64664072221234490302013-03-15T14:21:13.085-07:002013-03-15T14:21:13.085-07:00Thanks for the link to the speech. Here's some...Thanks for the link to the speech. Here's something that caught my eye: "We have been through a spiritual training far in advance of Western experience. Life's complexity and mortal weight have produced stronger, deeper and more interesting characters than those produced by standardized Western well-being." Have stories of these people escaped from the USSR or the former-USSR even now? Has Russia yet been able to tell any of its Soviet-era stories of (tragic) heroism? I wonder if there's any hope for a future for the Great Russian Novel. I can imagine that as far as any mainstream that they're as bad off as we are, but perhaps the Underground has had something to offer like it has for us?JeffOYBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10087632143369804638noreply@blogger.com