by Александр Исаевич Солженицын
First published 2007
The Gulag's iron grip tightens. Prisoners toil endlessly in the Siberian wilderness, clinging to life. Political intrigue brews as the Soviet state cracks down. Yet even in the bleakest depths, small acts of defiance and humanity flicker. Solzhenitsyn's unflinching chronicle of the Soviet labor camps reaches its shattering conclusion.
Genres: history, abuse, 20th-century, non-fiction
Vibes: dark, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: defiance, survival
Setting: Siberia
Period: Soviet Era
558 pages · Hardcover · Harper & Row
Content warnings: abuse, violence