First reference ive seen on here to the Gulag Archipelago aside from my own references. I'm on here, other platforms, and in real life shouting from the hill tops that everyone needs to read that book before it's memory-holed and digitally burned. There are lots of comparisons of what's going on now to what Hitler dead. This comparison is wrong. What's happening now is what happened in the USSR after the October Revolution. We're in the equivalent of 1917.
Solzhenitsyn was right about seemingly all, so to say "Solzhenitsyn right," is a pretty broad statement. In what regards of his correctness are you referring?
This is a good point and a caveat I always warn people of when I insist they read it. I have to actively concentrate on it. I'm listening to the unabridged audio book. Part of it could be because the sound quality isn't great since my copy was originally copied off cassette tapes, but I think it's just because it's dry historical accounts. It's breathtaking but it is a historical account of events that occurred. I think there's always a sort of dryness in that genre by default. It's a bit of a job almost at times to listen. Knowledge is potential power though, so it should be heard or read by all.
Disgusting. But what are ya gonna do, ya know? Solzhenitsyn was really right after all.
First reference ive seen on here to the Gulag Archipelago aside from my own references. I'm on here, other platforms, and in real life shouting from the hill tops that everyone needs to read that book before it's memory-holed and digitally burned. There are lots of comparisons of what's going on now to what Hitler dead. This comparison is wrong. What's happening now is what happened in the USSR after the October Revolution. We're in the equivalent of 1917.
Solzhenitsyn was right about seemingly all, so to say "Solzhenitsyn right," is a pretty broad statement. In what regards of his correctness are you referring?
Great book, but a hard read. The way he describes what happened is legitimately chilling and depressing. Necessary book though.
This is a good point and a caveat I always warn people of when I insist they read it. I have to actively concentrate on it. I'm listening to the unabridged audio book. Part of it could be because the sound quality isn't great since my copy was originally copied off cassette tapes, but I think it's just because it's dry historical accounts. It's breathtaking but it is a historical account of events that occurred. I think there's always a sort of dryness in that genre by default. It's a bit of a job almost at times to listen. Knowledge is potential power though, so it should be heard or read by all.