{"product_id":"the-gulag-archipelago-1918-1956-by-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-9780061253805","title":"The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe official, one-volume edition, authorised by Solzhenitsyn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e CENTURY\" — Time\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Nobel Prize winner's towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorised by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"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\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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 labour 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 defenceless, endured brutality and degradation. And Solzhenitsyn's genius has transmuted this grisly indictment into a literary miracle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"The greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever levelled in modern times.\" — George F. Kennan\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece. ... \u003ci\u003eThe Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956\u003c\/i\u003e helped create the world we live in today.\" — Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGulag: A History\u003c\/i\u003e, from the foreword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis essential historical document explores the depths of a totalitarian state:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eAn Authoritative Account:\u003c\/b\u003e Based on Solzhenitsyn's eleven years of incarceration, evidence from over 200 fellow prisoners, and once-secret Soviet archives.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eThe Apparatus of Repression:\u003c\/b\u003e A powerful depiction of the secret police operations, labour camps, and prisons that formed the state within the state.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMoral Courage in the Face of Tyranny:\u003c\/b\u003e Witness the incorruptibility of defenceless individuals who endured unimaginable brutality and degradation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eA Literary Masterpiece:\u003c\/b\u003e Discover how Solzhenitsyn's genius transmuted a grisly indictment of a political regime into a work of towering world literature.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Arotahi Agency","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47643338375404,"sku":"9780061253805","price":53.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780061253805-the-gulag-archipelago-1918-1956.jpg?v=1779168312","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-gulag-archipelago-1918-1956-by-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-9780061253805","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}