A review by vanjr
November 1916 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

5.0

I began this review at about page 750 of 1000-how this will rate below 5 stars based on what I have read so far is unfathomable. This book is EPIC, as in War and Peace epic-no, as in put War and Peace as almost childs play epic. This is even more so as one considers this as the 2nd part of a multi-part Red Wheel series. This is a book to be read with patience and endurance and as a hybrid between a "historical novel" and history from Solzhenitsyn's view. I found this volume easier to read in terms of the fiction compared to August 1914 with more history written into the first one. As of this review the remaining portions of the Red Wheel are not translated into English, but rumors suggest that they may be and may be occurring even now. Oh how I hope so.
Anyone with interests in "the great war" (WW1), the Russian revolution, Russian history or related topics will find much to love about this series. It still surprises me that more do not recognize what a writer Solzhenitsyn was. IMO greater than Tolstoy and an equal to Dostoevsky. This book leaves me wanting to read the last two "knots" in the series even more.
Last chapter was certainly non-resolving.