The Gulag Archipelago: 50th Anniversary Abridged Edition by Aleksandr Solzhenits

Description: The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn A 50th anniversary edition of the book that brought down the Soviet Union - now with an introduction from Solzhenitsyns widow detailing the dramatic story of its publication The Gulag Archipelago helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated Doris Lessing, Sunday TelegraphWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY NATALIA SOLZHENITSYNA vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, The Gulag Archipelago is Aleksandr Solzhenitsyns grand masterwork. Based on the testimony of some 200 survivors, and on the recollection of Solzhenitsyns own eleven years in labour camps and exile, it chronicles the story of those at the heart of the Soviet Union who opposed Stalin, and for whom the key to survival lay not in hope but in despair.A thoroughly researched document and a feat of literary and imaginative power, this edition of The Gulag Archipelago was abridged into one volume at the authors wish and with his full co-operation.Solzhenitsyns masterpiece...The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today Anne ApplebaumTHE OFFICIALLY APPROVED ABRIDGEMENT OF THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO VOLUMES I, II & III FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Author Biography Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was born in 1918 and grew up in Rostov-on-Don. He graduated in Physics and Mathematics from Rostov University and studied Literature by correspondence course at Moscow University. In World War II he fought as an artillery officer, attaining the rank of captain. In 1945, however, after making derogatory remarks about Stalin in a letter, he was arrested and summarily sentenced to eight years in forced labour camps, followed by internal exile. In 1957 he formally rehabilitated, and settled down to teaching and writing, in Ryazan and Moscow. The publication of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in Novy Mir in 1962 was followed by publication, in the West, of his novels Cancer Ward and The First Circle. In 1970 he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature, and in 1974 his citizenship was revoked and he was expelled from the Soviet Union. He settled in Vermont and worked on his great historical cycle The Red Wheel. In 1990, with the fall of Soviet Communism, his citizenship was restored and four years later he returned to settle in Russia. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn died in August 2008. Details ISBN178487874X Author Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Pages 560 Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2023 ISBN-13 9781784878740 Format Hardcover Publication Date 2023-12-07 Imprint Vintage Classics Subtitle 50th Anniversary Abridged Edition Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom AU Release Date 2023-12-07 NZ Release Date 2023-12-07 UK Release Date 2023-12-07 ISBN-10 178487874X DEWEY 365.4509470904 Alternative 9781843430858 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160764189;

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