“Stark . . . the story of how one falsely accused convict and his fellow prisoners survived or perished in an arctic slave labor camp after the war.”—Time From the icy blast of reveille through the sweet release of sleep, Ivan Denisovich endures. A common carpenter, he is one of millions viciously imprisoned for countless years on baseless charges,sentenced to the waking nightmare of the Soviet work camps in Siberia. Even in the face of degrading hatred, where life is reduced to a bowl of gruel and a rare cigarette, hope and dignity prevail. This powerful novel of fact is a scathing indictment of Communist tyranny, and an eloquent affirmation of the human spirit. The prodigious works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, including his acclaimed The Gulag Archipelago, have secured his place in the great tradition of Russian literary giants. Ironically, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is the only one of his works permitted publication in his native land. Praise for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich “Cannot fail to arouse bitterness and pain in the heart of the reader. A literary and political event of the first magnitude.”—New Statesman “Both as a political tract and as a literary work, it is in the Doctor Zhivago category.”—Washington Post “Dramatic . . . outspoken . . . graphically detailed . . . a moving human record.”—Library Journal
Sołżenicyn Aleksander Books


Archipelag GUŁag T.1-3
- 1728 pages
- 61 hours of reading
Podróż w głąb radzieckiego piekła! Archipelag GUŁag monumentalna praca słynnego pisarza i myśliciela Aleksandra Sołżenicyna, poświęcona więzienno- obozowej martyrologii narodu rosyjskiego i obywateli innych republik ZSRR i krajów, łączy w sobie elementy powieści, autobiografii, reportażu, wspomnień świadków i uczestników. Dzięki tej książce, opublikowanej w Paryżu w latach 1973-1975, świat poznał prawdę o łagrach i skrywanej przed opinią publiczną części historii ZSRR. Archipelag GUŁag, wielki akt oskarżenia systemu totalitarnego, panującego w Związku Radzieckim, jest nie tylko niezwykłym dokumentem zbrodniczej epoki, lecz także utworem o niepodważalnych walorach literackich.