Alexander Solzhenitsyn has died, aged 89

[HumphreyPillow]

an amazing man

The first things I thought when I heard this earlier were

1 - isn't he already dead?
2 - Who will post this on MN!

Sad. A great writer.

dh will be sad 'one day in the life' is his fav. book. amazing man.

do you know, I thought he'd been dead before now.

I remember my parents had one of his books in a bookcase at the top of the stairs when I was a child, and I used to go up to bed, and try to pronounce his name - and wish I had such an interesting one.

Snap Gordonbrown. A day in the Life was one of my faves during my early twenties! How strange...I was talking about him today too. Hope he rests in peace.

I thought he died eons ago