The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 an experiment in literary investigation /
Drawing on his own experiences before, during, and after his 11 years of incarceration and exile, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims, we encounter the secret police operatio...
| Uniform Title: | Arkhipelag GULag, 1918-1956. English |
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| Main Author: | Solzhenit{u0361}syn, Aleksandr Isaevich, 1918-2008. |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Russian |
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New York :
Harper & Row,
[1974-78]
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| Physical Description: |
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
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| Summary: |
Drawing on his own experiences before, during, and after his 11 years of incarceration and exile, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims, we encounter the secret police operations, the labor camps and prisons, the uprooting or extermination of whole populations. 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. Solzhenitsyn's genius has transmuted this grisly indictment into a literary miracle. |
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| Item Description: |
Translation of Arkhipelag GULag, 1918-1956. Vol. 3 translated by H. Willetts. Includes bibliographical references. v. 1, pt. I. Prison Industry pt. II. Perpetual Motion -- v. 2., pt. III. Destructive Labor Camps pt. IV. Soul and Barbed Wire -- v. 3., pt. V. Katorga pt. VI. Exile. pt. VII. Stalin is no more. Drawing on his own experiences before, during, and after his 11 years of incarceration and exile, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims, we encounter the secret police operations, the labor camps and prisons, the uprooting or extermination of whole populations. 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. Solzhenitsyn's genius has transmuted this grisly indictment into a literary miracle. |
| Physical Description: |
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
0060139145 9780060139148 0060803320 9780060803322 0060139110 9780060139117 000262253X 9780002622530 0002622548 9780002622547 0002622556 9780002622554 |