Alexander Solzhenitsyn: Cold War Icon, Gulag Author, Russian Nationalist?

Alexander Solzhenitsyn was one of the Cold War&apos;s most iconic writers. This book offers an in-depth analysis of his reception in the US, UK, and Germany before and after 1991. Elisa Kriza skillfully explores how Solzhenitsyn&apos;s work can be understood with the paradigm of witness literature and uncovers the dynamics behind the politicized reception of his writing. <br/> <br/> <br/> From the mid-1980s onwards, Solzhenitsyn&apos;s popularity dwindled—was this for ideological reasons? What about the rumors linking him with Russian nationalism? This study does not shy away from stretching beyond anti-communism and touching more contentious subjects—such as anti-feminism, anti-Semitism, and revisionism—in Solzhenitsyn&apos;s work and reception. <br/> <br/> <br/> Bringing Solzhenitsyn back from his &apos;critical exile&apos; and redefining his work as memory culture, Kriza&apos;s book is a crucial scholarly intervention, unveiling the mechanism that can transform a controversial figure into a moral icon.