One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich | Critical Overview
Although Solzhenitsyn's work deals with politics from One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich to The Gulag Archipelago, perhaps what has been most detrimental to his reputation is his political statements. After being expelled from the Soviet Union and seeking refuge in Europe and the United States, he constantly criticized the West. Invited to give the commencement speech at Harvard University, Solzhenitsyn attracted one of the largest crowds in Harvard's history and was televised nationally. In his address, entitled "The World Split Apart," he called for unification, but...
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