![The Gulag Archipelago [volume 2] by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn](https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062941664.jpg?v=7d65abdb51e5752c)
The Gulag Archipelago [volume 2]
An Experiment in Literary Investigation
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 27, 2020
“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time Volume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade.
We earn from qualifying purchases.
- Who it’s for
- A grave, searching read that treats history as literature and literature as inquiry.
- Genres
- Soviet-Era Russia, Personal Memoirs, Communism & Socialism
- Published
- HarperCollins, October 27, 2020
Nearest books
Matched by what the books are about, then ordered by what their readers also loved. Most of these share its genre: Soviet-Era Russia.
The Gulag Archipelago [volume 3]Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn99% match
The Gulag Archipelago [volume 1]Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn97% matchAlso shares Personal Memoirs and Communism & Socialism
The Gulag ArchipelagoAleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Thomas P. Whitney90% match
Hannah Arendt: the Origins of Totalitarianism Expanded Edition (LOA #389)Hannah Arendt, Jerome Kohn51% match
PatriotAlexei Navalny54% match
Red FamineAnne Applebaum53% match
HungerKnut Hamsun50% match
Journey Into the WhirlwindEugenia Ginzburg58% matchAlso shares Personal Memoirs
For younger readers: I Wish I Didn't Have to Tell You This: a Graphic Memoir, The Endless Steppe, Between Shades of Gray
Start with three books, and this one can be the first.
Members get a new edition every morning: a route out from their books to essays, research and talks, with the reason for each.
Start with this bookAbout this book
“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY.” —Time Volume 2 of the Nobel Prize-winner’s towering masterpiece: the story of Solzhenitsyn's entrance into the Soviet prison camps, where he would remain for nearly a decade. Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum.
Continue reading
“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
Literary Inquiry
A grave, searching read that treats history as literature and literature as inquiry.
Come here for
- literary investigation, not just record
- serious, layered immersion
Expect
- prestige-critical register
- Soviet-era history with analytical force
Where it sits
| Soviet-Era Russia | 90% |
|---|---|
| Personal Memoirs | 42% |
| Communism & Socialism | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Personal Memoirs
- Russian History
- Social History
- Russian Lit Crit
Show all 8 publisher categories
- Nature Writing
- Philosophy Overviews
- Philosophy Writing
- Communism & Socialism
- Authors
- Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 27, 2020
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Reading lane
- Personal Memoirs