The Gulag Archipelago: (Abridged edition)

Print length: 576 pages
Language: English
Publisher: Vintage Classics
Publication date: 1 November 2018

Name: The Gulag Archipelago: (Abridged edition)
SKU: 9781784871512
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SKU: 9781784871512

Original price was: ₹999.00.Current price is: ₹749.25.

Discover the harrowing reality of Soviet oppression in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s “The Gulag Archipelago: (Abridged edition)”. This essential abridgement, approved by the author himself, draws from his eleven years in labor camps and exile, alongside testimonies from 200 survivors. Experience a comprehensive account of the vast Soviet penal system – its prisons, transit centers, secret police, and the ordinary heroism of those who resisted Stalin. A powerful testament to human endurance and a crucial historical document, this edition captures the literary and imaginative force of Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece. As Doris Lessing stated, it ‘helped to bring down an empire.’ This profound work, with an afterword by Jordan B. Peterson, is a must-read for understanding 20th-century history and the resilience of the human spirit.

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Category: History Tag: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn