The tragedy of Solzhenitsyn is that, although he played a mighty role in liberating Russia from totalitarianism, he had nothing to say to ordinary Russians after their liberation, except to chastise them. Yet perhaps one day we Russians will escape our false dreams, and when that day comes, the heroic Solzhenitsyn, the Solzhenitsyn who could never surrender or be corrupted, will be restored to us.
索尔仁尼琴的悲剧在于，尽管他在把俄国从独裁统治中解放出来的过程中发挥了巨大作用，但是在俄国民众获得解放以后，除了责难他们，他就江郎才尽了。但是也许有一天我们俄国人民将会从我们虚假的梦想中解脱出来。那一天到来的时候，英勇的索尔仁尼琴，那个永不投降、永不遭到腐化的索尔仁尼琴将会恢复给我们。但是我们现在最为需要这一索尔仁尼琴。用弥尔顿失乐园描写地狱的诗句来说就是：“索尔仁尼琴并非光明，而是看得见的黑暗”。