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A review by fil
Stories and Prose Poems by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
2.0
While Solzhenitsyn is a favourite of mine, there is a big difference between reading one of his novels and trudging through a collection of short stories, to say nothing of his prose poems (whatever that is).
'Matryona's House' was good if maybe too short; 'For The Good Of The Cause' would have worked well as a novel with its large cast of characters, bureaucratic delays and ultimate display of avarice; the others, except for one, were kinda fine... but just barely. 'Zakhar-The-Pouch' was excellent, there was almost a hint of otherworldly magic in the air as I read it, was he one of the fallen? No, of course not... but maybe he was...
Poetry for its own sake is already difficult for me (give me an epic poem anytime though) and these 'prose poems' were somewhat of a bore.
'Matryona's House' was good if maybe too short; 'For The Good Of The Cause' would have worked well as a novel with its large cast of characters, bureaucratic delays and ultimate display of avarice; the others, except for one, were kinda fine... but just barely. 'Zakhar-The-Pouch' was excellent, there was almost a hint of otherworldly magic in the air as I read it, was he one of the fallen? No, of course not... but maybe he was...
Poetry for its own sake is already difficult for me (give me an epic poem anytime though) and these 'prose poems' were somewhat of a bore.