The Calf Battled with the Oak. Essays on Literary Life

Alexander Isaevich Solzhenitsyn — Russian writer, publicist, public figure, Nobel Prize laureate in literature ("For the moral strength with which he continued the traditions of great Russian literature", 1970), laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of humanitarian activities (2006), academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences. In the memoir book «The Calf Battled with the Oak» unfolds an exciting story of the struggle for freedom of creative expression. The literary life of Russia in the middle of the last century is vividly portrayed, in the backdrop of which famous works were created («One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich», «In the First Circle», «The Gulag Archipelago»), and it tells of the long path that had to be taken for these texts to see the light. This edition presents the most complete edition of the text, includes all additions made by the author over the years, as well as numerous photographic materials and an annotated index of names.