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Harrison Salisbury discusses his novel "The Gates of Hell"

BROADCAST: Nov. 13, 1975 | DURATION: 00:53:51

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Synopsis

Journalist and correspondent in Moscow for the New York Times Harrison Salisbury discusses and reads from his novel “The Gates of Hell”, a novel that closely mirrors the life of Russian novelist and Soviet dissident Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn. As Salisbury states, the characters in this novel discover the discrepancies between the legend and reality of the Russian revolution in a post-WWII era.

Details

Broadcast Date
Nov. 13, 1975

Physical Format
1 sound tape reel (ca. 53.45 min.) : 10 1/2 in.

Duration
53 minutes, 51 seconds

Digital Format
WAV

Ownership
The Chicago History Museum

Language
English

Topics

Literature Travel & Culture - Russia World History & Politics

People

Authors, Writers Journalists

Tags

WFMT (Radio station : Chicago, Ill.) Salisbury, Harrison Evans, 1908---Interviews Salisbury, Harrison Evans, 1908- Gates of hell. Authors, American--20th century--Interviews Audiotapes. Radio programs. Salisbury, Harrison Evans, 1908-,-- interviewee Sholokhov, Mikhail Aleksandrovich, 1905-1984 Solzhenit︠s︡yn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008 Lenin, Vladimir Ilʹich, 1870-1924 Zedong, Mao Stalin, Joseph, 1878-1953 Tukhachevskiĭ, M. N. (Mikhail Nikolaevich), 1893-1937 Post World War II World War II World War II--Soviet Union Marx, Karl, 1818-1883 Marxism

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