Title
The Gulag Archipelago: The Authorized Abridgement - Paperback
by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (Author)
The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn
"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" --Time
The Nobel Prize winner's towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.
"It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century." --David Remnick, The New Yorker
Drawing on his own experiences before, during and after his eleven years of incarceration and exile, on evidence provided by more than 200 fellow prisoners, and on Soviet archives, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression, the state within the state that once ruled all-powerfully with its creation by Lenin in 1918. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims-this man, that woman, that child-we encounter the secret police operations, the labor camps and prisons, the uprooting or extermination of whole populations, the "welcome" that awaited Russian soldiers who had been German prisoners of war. Yet we also witness astounding moral courage, the incorruptibility with which the occasional individual or a few scattered groups, all defenseless, endured brutality and degradation. And Solzhenitsyn's genius has transmuted this grisly indictment into a literary miracle.
"The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times." --George F. Kennan
"Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece. ... The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today." --Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History, from the foreword
This essential historical document explores the depths of a totalitarian state:
- An Authoritative Account: Based on Solzhenitsyn's eleven years of incarceration, evidence from over 200 fellow prisoners, and once-secret Soviet archives.
- The Apparatus of Repression: A powerful depiction of the secret police operations, labor camps, and prisons that formed the state within the state.
- Moral Courage in the Face of Tyranny: Witness the incorruptibility of defenseless individuals who endured unimaginable brutality and degradation.
- A Literary Masterpiece: Discover how Solzhenitsyn's genius transmuted a grisly indictment of a political regime into a work of towering world literature.
Front Jacket
Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author
--Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History, from the forewordBack Jacket
Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author
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by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn (Author)
The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn
"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" --Time
The Nobel Prize winner's towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.
"It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century." --David Remnick, The New Yorker
Drawing on his own experiences before, during and after his eleven years of incarceration and exile, on evidence provided by more than 200 fellow prisoners, and on Soviet archives, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression, the state within the state that once ruled all-powerfully with its creation by Lenin in 1918. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims-this man, that woman, that child-we encounter the secret police operations, the labor camps and prisons, the uprooting or extermination of whole populations, the "welcome" that awaited Russian soldiers who had been German prisoners of war. Yet we also witness astounding moral courage, the incorruptibility with which the occasional individual or a few scattered groups, all defenseless, endured brutality and degradation. And Solzhenitsyn's genius has transmuted this grisly indictment into a literary miracle.
"The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times." --George F. Kennan
"Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece. ... The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today." --Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History, from the foreword
This essential historical document explores the depths of a totalitarian state:
- An Authoritative Account: Based on Solzhenitsyn's eleven years of incarceration, evidence from over 200 fellow prisoners, and once-secret Soviet archives.
- The Apparatus of Repression: A powerful depiction of the secret police operations, labor camps, and prisons that formed the state within the state.
- Moral Courage in the Face of Tyranny: Witness the incorruptibility of defenseless individuals who endured unimaginable brutality and degradation.
- A Literary Masterpiece: Discover how Solzhenitsyn's genius transmuted a grisly indictment of a political regime into a work of towering world literature.
Front Jacket
Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author
--Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History, from the forewordBack Jacket
Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author
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