aleksandr solzhenitsyn translated russian thomas (5 résultats)

Soft cover. Etat : Very Good. Reissued Edition. The book has some minor surface wear.

Paperback. Etat : Used. The Gulag Archipelago 1918?1956 (1974) by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Translated by Thomas P. Whitney ? Sold by Crappy Old Books Welcome to the Soviet Union?s least scenic tour: a sprawling, brutal journey through prisons, camps, interrogations, and state-sponsored paranoia?all meticulously mapped by one of its most famous survivors. The Gulag Archipelago isn?t just a book?it?s a reckoning. Part memoir, part investigative history, part moral indictment, this towering work by Nobel Laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn lays bare the terrifying machinery of repression that underpinned Stalinist Russia. With forensic detail and righteous fury, Solzhenitsyn?once a loyal soldier, then a political prisoner?traces the cold bureaucratic logic that sent millions to labor and death, often for the crime of thinking. His voice, sharpened by suffering but never extinguished by it, cuts through decades of silence. Condition: A bit battered by time, like its author?but still standing strong. Binding?s holding up better than the Soviet system did. Marginal notes may include angry pencil underlining and the occasional existential sigh. Crappy Old Books: Because some truths age better than the paper they?re printed on.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Unclipped. First ed. in English translation; printing "B-T;" 580 p., clean and unmarked anywhere on strong paper only faintly age-toned, but there is decorative book plate on front end page; binding firm; boards have minimal wear; glossy d.j. has rubbing at crown and foot of spine panel, and tiny closed tear at lower edge of front panel.

Hardcover. Stated First Edition, First Printing. 6.5 x 9.5in. xiii. 580pp. Publisher's cloth boards. NEAR FINE in Very Good dust jacket protected in a removable archival cover. The book itself shows marginal shelf rubbing of the extremities, else Fine/As New. The dust jacket shows shelf rubbing of the extremities with some small nicks and a short closed tear, spine with a hint of toning, otherwise is not price-clipped remaining bright, colorful, and distinct. As pictured.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. 1st Edition. gift inscription to an individual on ffep. Inside front flap is clipped. Minor discoloration to pages. Some wear along the DJ edges and tips along with several closed tears. Minor wear along the edges and tips of the book itself. Some rubbing wear to DJ covers along with light creases and/or wrinkles at some spots. THIS IS A HEAVY AND OVERSIZE BOOK. ALL ORDERS MIGHT REQUIRE ADDITIONAL SHIPPING CHARGES.