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Book Overview "BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY." --TimeVolume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, this foundational work of Soviet history is ...
"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY." --Time
Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, this foundational work of Soviet history is Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police and political repression that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.
"The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times." --George F. Kennan
"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
"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
Solzhenitsyn's "experiment in literary investigation" stands as a towering monument in 20th-century history, offering:
- A First-Hand Gulag Memoir: Follow Solzhenitsyn's own story, from his shocking arrest as a decorated Red Army captain to his brutal interrogation at the hands of the Soviet secret police.
- Definitive Soviet History: Based on the testimony of 227 witnesses, this work uncovers the true origins of the concentration camp system, arguing it was essential to the state not just under Stalin, but from the first days of Lenin.
- The Bureaucracy of Terror: Journey into the "almost invisible country" of the Gulag, a continent of prisons and camps woven into the fabric of Soviet society and administered by an ever-present secret police.
- An Enduring Literary Masterpiece: Discover the book hailed as the "greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times," a work that forever altered the world's moral consciousness.
Book Details Format: Paperback | Pages: 704 | Language: English | Publisher: PERENNIAL | ISBN: 0061253715
FormatPaperback
Pages704
LanguageEnglish
ISBN0061253715
EAN9780061253713
PublisherPERENNIAL
Publication Date1970-01-01
EditionReissue
AccessoriesNo Accessory
ConditionNew
Product TypeQUALITY PAPERBACK BOOKS
Weight1.25 Pounds
Length8.0 Inches
Width5.3 Inches
Height2.0 Inches
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