The First Circle Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn It is the modern counterpart of Dostoevsky's memoirs...In the Soviet period we have had a endless succession of prison camp revelations. Now, hovever, the towering figure of Solzhenitsyn appears. He, like Dostoevsky, is a survivor. He, too, spent years in prison and exile...His men and women are flesh and blood; they love; they hate; they laug... more »h; they cry; they gossip; they dream...« less