A life-expanding journey through the masterworks of one of the world's most profound thinkers and moving writers In Sparks of the Spirit: A Guide to the Enduring Wisdom of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn , the acclaimed political philosopher Daniel J. Mahoney provides compelling guide to one of the great titans of the twentieth century, the Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn. Solzhenitsyn was a brilliant writer who fought evil with tenacity while chronicling totalitarianism's assault on the human spirit. In Sparks of the Spirit , Mahoney takes readers on a voyage through Solzhenitsyn's two great literary and historical masterworks, The Gulag Archipelago and The Red Wheel . Along the way, Mahoney brings to light Solzhenitsyn's major themes and their importance for us today--themes including liberty under God, humane patriotism, the indispensability of self-limitation, and the drama of good and evil that always plays out in every human soul. Solzhenitsyn's work, Mahoney demonstrates, conveys a message of catharsis and hope that can help keep alive "the sparks of the spirit," a fire always in danger of being snuffed out by false doctrines and ideologies. This lucid book will allow readers to penetrate as never before the enduring significance of a celebrated writer's art and wisdom.