Solzhenitsyn

>>9091819
>How the fuck do I pronounce his name?

Soul-zen-it-sin

>>9091819
>Which of his books should I read first? Will any of them help me deconvert my commie friends?

The Gulag Archipeligo

fite me commie trolls

>Which of his books should I read first?

Cancer Ward is his best. If you want something shorter just read A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich but it's pretty underwhelming in my opinion.

>Will any of them help me deconvert my commie friends?

Probably not.

one day in the life of ivan denisovich, and then >>9091838

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>>9091819
A Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich was my intro to him via my Soviet Civ class.

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>>9091838
Suppose I'm not good at finishing long books (pls no bully), is the abridged version worth it or would I get more out of the full version?

>>9091848
One Day in the life of Ivan Denisovich is only 178 pages long.

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>>9091856
I was referring to The Gulag Archipeligo, 200 page books are just fine but I may try reading both

>>9091848

The abridged version that Solzhenitsyn himself approved is fine. The abridged version merely glosses over certain chapters that are mainly minutia. All the points of argument are still intact.

>>9091840
This.

You might read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich first simply because it's more accessible, but Cancer Ward is easily his best. Cancer Ward in fact has to be the most underrated novel I've come across. It deserves to be noted in the same breath as what are considered the greatest Russian novels, and yet this is the first time I've seen anyone else mention it in my three years of /lit/izenship.

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>>9091840
>>9091917
https://www.amazon.com/dp/0374511993
>Paperback
>$14.88
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