Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

The Gulag Archipelago remains as the one of the most historically impressive works; first circulated by hand, it would eventually cause Solzhenitsyn to flee the country, and emphasize "Human Rights" to the world at large.Categorized as "an experiment in literary investigation", The Gulag Archipelago is comprised of Solzhenitsyn's own memories, as well as those of other camp inmates, official records and interviewees. A memorial to those who died in the camps, this work shows the historical truth of the Gulag, as well as the mark it left on society. 448 pages, softcover. Abridged version, authorized by the author.

The Gulag Archipelago remains as the one of the most historically impressive works; first circulated by hand, it would eventually cause Solzhenitsyn to flee the country, and emphasize "Human Rights" to the world at large. Categorized as "an experiment in literary investigation", The Gulag Archipelago is comprised of Solzhenitsyn's own memories, as well as those of other camp inmates, official records and interviewees. A memorial to those who died in the camps, this work shows the historical truth of the Gulag, as well as the mark it left on society.
The explosive first volume details Solzhenitzyn's arrest and interrogation, revealing the vast bureaucracy of secret police that haunted Soviet society.

The Gulag Archipelago is comprised of Solzhenitsyn's own memories, as well as those of other camp inmates, official records and interviewees. A memorial to those who died in the camps, this work shows the historical truth of the Gulag, as well as the mark it left on society. "Volume Two is concerned with the daily life and death of the prisoners, among whom Solzhenitsyn spent eight years. Passionate and sharply ironic.Both a powerful chronicle of brutal abuses and at the same time a testament to the tensile strength of the human spirit." (from Newsweek)

The Gulag Archipelago is comprised of Solzhenitsyn's own memories, as well as those of other camp inmates, official records and interviewees. A memorial to those who died in the camps, this work shows the historical truth of the Gulag, as well as the mark it left on society. Volume 3, the final volume, is "an enthralling record of camp uprisings, of escapes, of defiance by individuals and groups of victims.In poignant closing chapters, [Solzhenitsyn] recalls his own resurrection from the house of the dead." (from the New Yorker)

When first published in 1968, a quarter of this book's content was cut due to Soviet censors; now Solzhenitsyn's most respected translator has completed the full, definitive text. "Systematically, Solzhenitzyn lays bare all the circles of Stalin's inferno, writing with power, insight, savage sarcasm, and even occasional humor,"---Saturday Review. 784 pages, softcover. HarperPerennial.

Based on exclusive, personal interviews with Alexander
Solzhenitsyn, Joseph Pearce's book provides profound
insight into a towering literary and political figure.

From his pro-Communist youth to his imprisonment in
the Gulags, his exile in America to his return to Russia, this
is the story of a man who struggled with the most weighty
questions of humanity. When a person has suffered the most
terrible physical and emotional torture, what becomes of his
spirit? Can politics and economics truly provide the answers
a modern society needs? If peace and justice are never fully
attained, what hope is there for the future?

Arguably one of the most significant writers of the twentieth
century, Solzhenitsyn, both before and after the fall of
Communism, spoke out against the Russian regime. His faith
deeply informed his literary approach and response to the
excesses of modern materialism. On the spiritual, cultural,
and socio-political level, his writings have much to teach the
world.

This biography contains previously unpublished prose
poems written by Solzhenitsyn after his return to Russia, and
a gallery of rare photographs.

"Pearce has grasped with great insight the spiritual core
of Solzhenitsyn's achievement as a writer, and indeed as a
prophet to Russia and the world. He writes with warm sympathy
for Russia's greatest literary voice in modern times."
--David Aikman, Author, Great Souls: Six Who Changed the
Century

"Joseph Pearce is best on what matters most about
Solzhenitsyn: the centrality of the author's Christian faith. It
is no wonder that Solzhenitsyn chose to . . . provide Pearce
with fresh information. Newcomers to Solzhenitsyn should
start with this biography. They will find here a highly readable
rendition of one of the most sensational lives of the
twentieth century."
--Edward E. Ericson Jr., Author, Solzhenitsyn and the Modern
World