Prussian Nights: A Poem
New York, NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1977. Uncorrected Proof. Wrappers. "Prussian Nights was written, or rather composed in Solzhenitsyn's head, while he was serving his sentence of forced labor. A poem, a verse narrative, it is not autobiography in any strict sense, but it is based on Solzhenitsyn's own war experience." (from Translator's Note, pg. 33) A poem by Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), the towering Russian writer who was imprisoned..... More
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