by Александр Исаевич Солженицын
First published 1995
After his exile, dissident writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn chronicles the unsung heroes who risked everything to preserve and circulate his banned works. From a babushka's shopping bag to a math professor's hidden loft, this intimate account reveals the daring network of scholars, artists, and everyday citizens who evaded the KGB to bring Solzhenitsyn's words to the world.
Genres: biography, history, 20th-century, political-science, non-fiction, academic
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, resistance
Setting: Soviet Union
Period: 20th Century
344 pages · Hardcover · Counterpoint