National Review, December 19th, 2005
ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN
Empire-Slayer
SOLZHENITSYN's massive Gulag Archipelago was published in English in three volumes between 1974 and 1978. It is one the indispensable books of the last fifty years not least because it undermined the moral and political legitimacy of the entire Communist enterprise. This unique experiment in literary investigation" brilliantly wove together Solzhenitsyn's personal experience and the testimony of 256 former prisoners with historical research and spiritual reflection. It allowed readers on both sides of the Iron Curtain to encounter totalitarian oppressio...
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