MOSCOW – Prophets, it is said, are supposed to be without honor in their homeland. Yet Moscow has just witnessed the extraordinary sight of Alexander Solzhenitsyn – the dissident and once-exiled author of the Gulag Archipelago and One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – receiving what amounts to a state funeral, with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin acting as chief mourner.
莫斯科amp#45;amp#45;先知在他们的故国是没有荣誉的。但是莫斯科刚刚见证了索尔仁尼琴死后不同寻常的待遇。索尔仁尼琴曾经是一名异议人士，著作包括amplt;amplt;古拉格群岛ampgt;ampgt;以及amplt;amplt;伊凡杰尼索维奇的一天ampgt;ampgt;。他获得了近乎国葬的待遇，普京总理在葬礼上担任主持。