The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (English and Russian Edition) - Hardcover

Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060139145 ISBN 13: 9780060139148

Publisher: Harper & Row, 1974

Describes individual escapes and attempted escapes from Stalin's camps, a disciplined, sustained resistance put down with tanks after forty days, and the forced removal and extermination of millions of peasants

From the Back Cover:

Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author

About the Author:

ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN (1918-2008) was born in Kislovodsk, Russia. A twice-decorated captain in the Soviet Army, he was stripped of his rank, arrested, and convicted for privately criticizing Stalin in 1945. Exiled from the USSR in 1974, he eventually settled in the United States before returning to his homeland twenty years later after the Soviet system had collapsed. Among his acclaimed works are the novels One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich and The First Circle. His literary awards include the Nobel Prize for Literature and the Medal of Honor for Literature.

• Publisher: Harper & Row
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0060139145
• ISBN 13: 9780060139148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 660