Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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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. HarperPerennial.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Biographies

    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