"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY." -- Time

Volume 1 of the gripping epic masterpiece, this foundational work of Soviet history is Solzhenitsyn's chilling report of his arrest and interrogation, which exposed to the world the vast bureaucracy of secret police and political repression that haunted Soviet society. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.

"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

Solzhenitsyn's "experiment in literary investigation" stands as a towering monument in 20th-century history, offering:

• A First-Hand Gulag Memoir: Follow Solzhenitsyn's own story, from his shocking arrest as a decorated Red Army captain to his brutal interrogation at the hands of the Soviet secret police.

• Definitive Soviet History: Based on the testimony of 227 witnesses, this work uncovers the true origins of the concentration camp system, arguing it was essential to the state not just under Stalin, but from the first days of Lenin.

• The Bureaucracy of Terror: Journey into the "almost invisible country" of the Gulag, a continent of prisons and camps woven into the fabric of Soviet society and administered by an ever-present secret police.

• An Enduring Literary Masterpiece: Discover the book hailed as the "greatest and most powerful single indictment of a political regime ever leveled in modern times," a work that forever altered the world's moral consciousness.

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• Publication Date: October 27, 2020
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• Print Length: 701 Pages
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