The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956)

“BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20 TH CENTURY.” — Time

Volume 3 of the Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece: Solzhenitsyn's moving account of resistance within the Soviet labor camps and his own release after eight years. 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, 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

How does one survive—and resist—the unimaginable?

Totalitarianism Exposed: A firsthand account of the Gulag system, offering a powerful and unflinching indictment of the Soviet political regime. Resistance from Within: A moving narrative of the rebellions, uprisings, and quiet acts of defiance that occurred inside the brutal labor camps. A Dissident’s Journey: The deeply personal story of Solzhenitsyn’s own release and exile after eight years of imprisonment. Definitive Historical Account: The culminating volume of a work that shaped the moral consciousness of the late twentieth century, presented with a new foreword by historian Anne Applebaum.