Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
The Gulag Archipelago
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)
In the First Circle
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.