Русская литература — Александр Исаевич Солженицын

1918-1956. Solzhenitsyns gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author.

1918-1956. The complete three-volume classic of world literature (more than 3,000,000 U.S. copies in print), which details the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression in the system of Soviet labor camps and prisons. Volume 3 is a gripping record of rebellion and escape in the labor camps, as well Solzhenitsyn’s release and re-entry into ‘normal’ society.

'It helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph '[The Gulag Archipelago] helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph with a new foreword by Jordan B. Petersona 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 Solzhenitsyn's...