signaled an end to that literature of rebellion from behind the Iron Curtain. His writing lost its sense of danger and courage as he redirected his attention to his countrymen and sought to exclude "outsiders.""We should clearly understand that only the voluntary and conscientious acceptance by a people of its guilt can ensure the healing of a nation," he said last year. "Unremitting reproaches from outside, on the other hand, are counterproductive."
from Bob Hoover: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Appreciation: Solzhenitsyn books bared dirty secrets of Soviet system
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