tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post162218980568855563..comments2023-02-18T10:02:33.509-06:00Comments on book musings: Just Finished: In the First CircleAmyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-57330577792328235072015-12-25T06:22:18.906-06:002015-12-25T06:22:18.906-06:00I don't know if you still read your blog comm...I don't know if you still read your blog comments, but I'm thinking of you while reading 'The First Circle". It is better than I expected, it is amazing! My review will be published in a week or two. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-44154745255647396582012-09-10T22:17:57.885-05:002012-09-10T22:17:57.885-05:00Apparently the uncensored version was published so...Apparently the uncensored version was published some time back in Russia, but it took a long time to get it translated/published in English. And, I've just found out through googling, there has been a miniseries of this novel produced in Canada, starring Christopher Plummer! Who knew?Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-90889362473459434482012-09-08T20:06:36.548-05:002012-09-08T20:06:36.548-05:00This book sounds amazing, and yet I'm still a ...This book sounds amazing, and yet I'm still a little in awe or maybe just shocked that it took until 2009 to get this uncensored version published! -SarahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-65527236194785643882012-09-06T20:51:33.729-05:002012-09-06T20:51:33.729-05:00Well, if you want the long story... :) My father...Well, if you want the long story... :) My father was an admirer of Solzhenitsyn. His books were always around our house when I was growing up, although I didn't take an interest then. But I picked up my idea of AS as someone admirable from my dad. Then, last year I read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich while putting together a reading list of modern lit for my daughter. That reawakened my interest in AS. Finally, I came across a mention of In The First Circle on some list or other of great books, and I'd recently read Bloodlands, a history of Hitler's and Stalin's terror, and thought it might be interesting. <br /><br />And by the way, having read Bloodlands really enriched my understanding of the backrounds of some of the characters in First Circle. Yes, I think you'd enjoy this book, Nancy.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-37357271431760142342012-09-06T13:29:42.561-05:002012-09-06T13:29:42.561-05:00It is long. I'm actually in the mood for some...It is long. I'm actually in the mood for something shorter now. But it is so worth reading, and once I got past the first few chapters and had a handle on all the multiple Russian names (there's a list of characters at the front of the book that's really helpful), I got into the story and its world and started caring about the characters. At the end, I was sorry to leave them. I don't feel like it was a long or tiresome read.<br /><br />So--you made me curious and I went and looked up that Reader on Amazon. Yes, I want that. :)<br /><br />Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06784890975490896640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-47648264831811848652012-09-06T10:58:32.771-05:002012-09-06T10:58:32.771-05:00This books sounds wonderful! Just the sort of thin...This books sounds wonderful! Just the sort of thing I will love to read. Solzhenitsyn is an author I have never read and is on my Classic list. If you will, could you tell why you choose AS books to read?..any special reason?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6308674271138009565.post-58278620811555275022012-09-06T00:28:04.417-05:002012-09-06T00:28:04.417-05:00I have this in my pile at home. I'm really lo...I have this in my pile at home. I'm really looking forward to tackling it, but also (typically for me!) intimidated by the size. I want to read a lot more Solzhenitsyn and am coveting a 'reader' volume on Amazon...Jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com