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“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20^TH CENTURY” —Time

The Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.

“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” —David Remnick, The New Yorker

Drawing on his own experiences before, during and after his eleven years of incarceration and exile, on evidence provided by more than 200 fellow prisoners, and on Soviet archives, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression, the state within the state that once ruled all-powerfully with its creation by Lenin in 1918. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims-this man, that woman, that child-we encounter the secret police operations, the labor camps and prisons, the uprooting or extermination of whole populations, the “welcome” that awaited Russian soldiers who had been German prisoners of war. 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. And Solzhenitsyn’s genius has transmuted this grisly indictment into a literary miracle.

“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” —George F. Kennan

“Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece. ... The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today.” —Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History, from the foreword

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“Best Nonfiction Book of the Twentieth Century” -- Time magazine

“The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times.” -- George F. Kennan

“It is impossible to name a book that had a greater effect on the political and moral consciousness of the late twentieth century.” -- David Remnick, The New Yorker

“Solzhenitsyn’s masterpiece. ... The Gulag Archipelago helped create the world we live in today.” -- Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Gulag: A History, from the foreword

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0061253804
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Harper Perennial Modern Classics; Abridged edition (August 7, 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 528 pages
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.31 x 0.84 x 8 inches

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Ang

Who else is here because of Jordan Peterson?

Reviewed in the United States on June 5, 2017

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Talk about an eye opening experience. How did we not learn any of this in school? Shame. The imagery of the sewer system flushing the perceived worthlessness of life is a heartbreaking one. I'm a third of the way through the book. It's hard to read but entirely necessary.

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Reviewed in the United States on May 10, 2017

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This is a must read and should be required reading at the universities. Young people need to understand that it is important to truly understand the ideologies that you latch on to as they have very real consequences.

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Charles P. Miller

The line between good and evil runs down every human heart

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Already knew a lot of this history but Gulag is on Jordan Peterson's reading list so.... Gulag is not the story of Aleksandr Solzhenitsy, nor is it a history book- it is much more than that. The real value, and I think a main reason its on JP's list, is in the underlying message that this is not the story of Russia, or the Russian people, or Stalin- or anyone- but of everyone. Every single one of us, every day, in ways big and small, acts in ways that serve to bring forth either a better world, or the hell of the Gulag Archipelago. Be warned, this is some very unpleasant reading. No one wants to think of being imprisoned indefinitely in a "cell" too small even to sit or lie down in, let alone in one with so many bedbugs they are falling off the ceiling and crawling from everywhere, so many you cannot kill them all even if you could stomach the stench. But it will be worth it to absorb the lesson that this is the cost and end result of lies. Speak the truth. At whatever cost. If you want to know how high the cost of lies can be, read the Gulag Archipelago.

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Walrus 305

One of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind

Reviewed in the United States on February 28, 2016

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One of the greatest tragedies in the history of mankind, period. The Soviets outdid Hitler and imprisoned and killed around 14 million of their own people. It's mind boggling! And it's true. Sadly, it's still happening, on a much smaller scale, but this system is still in use to this day. Solzhenitsyn has done a wonderful job of collecting numerous prisoner accounts and turning them into a very readable series of literature, despite the danger it brought to him and those close to him. He will always be a hero of mankind, in my eyes.

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T. Adams

AMAZING!

Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2018

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I LOVE history, but was surprised I had such little knowledge of the events that transpired in Russia during this time period. I am just stupified as to why this is not taught in schools...well maybe not these days. While it is a somewhat difficult to read book, you will still get the idea as to what is happening. I accidentally bought 2 of these books when I made my purchase. It will certainly go to someone who also enjoys history.

I do not regret my purchase at all!!! And it is just too good of a price to pass up. Even if you don't finish it, you will at least get an idea as to what was going on. And honestly, those who don't learn from history, are bound to repeat it. I could see this sort of thing happening again...in one way or another.

Thanks to the great Jordan Peterson for recommending this book!!!

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What communists did to Russians was as bad or worse than what Nazis did to Jews.

I would add this practical piece of advice: Solzyenitsyn points out that almost all the people hauled away to the Gulag were done so not via forced round-ups of many people at once, but by being picked off by the security forces one by one. In other words, you, the victim, would be stopped in the street, the office, school or in his apartment/flat by one or two men with a car waiting nearby and told, sometimes even politely asked, to "come with us" (remember the scene in Godfather I when Tom Hagen was stopped by "the Turk" while exiting a store after X-Mass shopping and quietly told to "get in the car"?). And you'd go. This method has the virtue of being relatively quiet and hard to notice so that no would be rescuers really noticed the incident and no crowd would ever gather. You went quietly into the night.

So, the advice? Always make a BIG stink if anyone tries to take you away. A crowd will gather or someone will record the incident with a phone, perhaps even intervene. Thats your best hope. Someone has to see and bear witness.

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Stan

The Gulag Archipelago Abridged

Reviewed in the United States on August 29, 2018

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Wow!! This book is a real eye opener on the communist utopia of the Soviet Union. The author was a prisoner in the Gulags for many years. This should be taught in high school history class. Most all know about the horrors of NAZI Germany. Few know about the horrors of Communist USSR. That is one reason kids are so easily indoctrinated to the wonders of socialism and other Marxist ideologies. The author won a Nobel Peace Prize for the book. It is well worth the read. I don't feel like I missed much by reading the abridged version. The chapters that were left out were done so with consultation with the author and are marked and titled in the book.

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matthew warren

alexandr solzhenitsyn really nails it.

Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2018

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this personal account has begun to help me understand my own capacity for evil. Alexandr Solzhenitsyn says 'The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man' i think it has helped me recognize the types of things i have to do to spot evil thoughts and to know how to contend with them. the things i read in this book have made me sick, such that i think about the gulags often. i think about how people starved to death and how they lived or survived by labor or being a 'stoolie'. Despite the horrors of this book i think it has made me a better person. it will make you one as well. please buy this book for your own sake and sakes of those you love.

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blackcatbone

This is one of the great works of literature

Reviewed in Canada on January 11, 2017

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This is one of the great works of literature. A story that has been hidden from the history of modern culture. I now have a much better understanding of my ancestry thanks to the great suffering of millions, including the author himself. Everyone who takes freedom for granted would shutter to think that this story is true and was not that long ago as far as history is concerned and we have learned that history has a tendency of repeating itself. Thanks to all those who are still with us that suffered through the times in which Solzhenitsyn wrote about...

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Felipe Mazzi

A consciência moral do século XX

Reviewed in Brazil on August 18, 2018

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Não canso de me surpreender com a profundidade dos eventos catastróficos que marcaram o último século. Juntamente à Dostoiévski e Nietzsche, Solzhenitsyn compôs a experiência intelectual mais transformadora que já vivenciei. Compreender os extremos da possessão ideológica e da maldade humana, e a transformação que o mais absoluto sofrimento produz na 'alma' despertam um senso avassalador de responsabilidade e clareza moral inquestionáveis.

Não se preocupe com o fato de ser a edição "abridged", estou seguro de que encontrou-se o equilíbrio perfeito entre extensão e conteúdo.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 26, 2020

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Book came with a crease on the front cover which was not ideal for a brand new book which was purchased as a birthday present

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Disappointed with delivery

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 27, 2020

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This was supposed to be a gift, but the package arrived all crushed and the book inside not really fit to be given as a present.

Candido

Impactante

Reviewed in Brazil on November 22, 2019

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Apesar de ser uma versão resumida, serve suficientemente bem ao propósito de fazer-nos acordar para promessas de paraíso na terra através de governos. Capítulos de revirar o estômago e fazer com que se perca o sono ao ir dormir; e o pior de tudo é que não estão sendo narrados relatos fantasiosos, mas situações reais de várias pessoas cujo único crime foi se recusar a compactuar com o inaceitável. É um relato que infelizmente não foi realizado um trabalho de tradução aqui para o Brasil, país onde é extremamente útil a reflexão acerca destes relatos em vista de tanta admiração por figuras que tanto sofrimento causaram a pessoas inocentes.

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