List Based On Books The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7)
| Title | : | The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7) |
| Author | : | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Abridged Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 472 pages |
| Published | : | February 1st 2002 by HarperCollins (first published 1973) |
| Categories | : | History. Nonfiction. Cultural. Russia. Classics. Politics |
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Paperback | Pages: 472 pages Rating: 4.25 | 18239 Users | 1095 Reviews
Interpretation In Favor Of Books The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7)
Drawing on his own incarceration and exile, as well as on evidence from more than 200 fellow prisoners and Soviet archives, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn reveals the entire apparatus of Soviet repression—the state within the state that ruled all-powerfully. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims—men, women, and children—we encounter secret police operations, 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 the astounding moral courage of the incorruptible, who, defenseless, endured great brutality and degradation. The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956—a grisly indictment of a regime, fashioned here into a veritable literary miracle—has now been updated with a new introduction that includes the fall of the Soviet Union and Solzhenitsyn's move back to Russia.
Details Books To The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7)
| Original Title: | Архипелаг ГУЛАГ [Arhipelag GULAG], 1918-1956 |
| ISBN: | 0060007761 (ISBN13: 9780060007768) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7 |
Rating Based On Books The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7)
Ratings: 4.25 From 18239 Users | 1095 ReviewsAssessment Based On Books The Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 (The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 #1-7)
Solzhenitsyn systematically goes through the horrors of the Soviet slave labour camps, one of the blackest chapters in world history. I read this book as a teenager, not long after it came out, and I was appalled that my parents had presented the Soviet Union as anything other than a monstrosity. For some reason, leftist people wouldn't properly admit it for a long time. I still can't quite understand why. If you feel any shadow of sympathy for Soviet Russia, read Solzhenitsyn and you will beI view people that cling to the tenets of communism the same way I view Holocaust deniers. From the Bolsheviks of 1917 to the turmoil in Venezuela of 2017; Communism is as Churchill said; the equal sharing of misery. The pages of Solzhenitsyns Nobel Prize winning masterpiece are full of misery. Solzhenitsyn paints a picture for the naïve westerner of the backbone and main pillar of Soviet Socialism: The gulag. The purpose of the network of gulags in the Soviet Union is to 1. Intimidate the
An eye-opening book, the first one that showed me what gulags were...
Solzhenitsyn systematically goes through the horrors of the Soviet slave labour camps, one of the blackest chapters in world history. I read this book as a teenager, not long after it came out, and I was appalled that my parents had presented the Soviet Union as anything other than a monstrosity. For some reason, leftist people wouldn't properly admit it for a long time. I still can't quite understand why. If you feel any shadow of sympathy for Soviet Russia, read Solzhenitsyn and you will be
I can not in clear conscience say that I really like a book about Soviet Gulags. To be honest, I repeatedly reached my limit of emotional energy. The story of any one of the 20 million people directly affected would have more impact.Oh, right. He tried that first, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. In a lot of ways, this a response to critics and deniers of his earlier book.
what Solzhenitsyn and Orwell knew.....Nothing makes with greater certainty the earth into a hell, than mans wanting to make it his heaven. -Friedrich Hölderlin===========new article: the author who brought down an empire...https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/op...a story from Solzhenitsyn's opus...The audience exploded into applause. Every person in the room jumped up and began to wildly clap, as if racing each other to see who could get to their feet the fastest. The applause was all to honor
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