A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered at Harvard University, June 8, 1978 (English and Russian Edition)

Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich

ISBN 10: 0060140070 / ISBN 13: 9780060140076

Published by HarperCollins, New York, NY, 1979

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Commencement Address Delivered at Harvard University, June 8, 1978. Text in Russian and English on facing pages Important statement on the threat of Russian totalitarianism.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered at Harvard University, June 8, 1978 (English and Russian Edition)
• Publisher: HarperCollins, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060140070
• ISBN 13: 9780060140076
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 3rd Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Russian History

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Synopsis

On the afternoon of June 9, 1978, the author of The Gulag Archipelago delivered the commencement address at Harvard University before a crowd estimated at more than 20,000. In it, Solzhenitsyn accused the West of materialism, sloth, and a failure of nerve. Text is in Russian with English translation on facing page. 61 pages.

Language Notes

Text: English, Russian (translation)