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The abridged version is half solzhenitsyns original, so obviously. Anne applebaum, pulitzer prizewinning author of gulag. I am not making any claim with respect to this book, i just do not know, but one must keep in mind. It is a sublime meditation on the limits of the human spirit. The abridged english version of the gulag archipelago was first published in 1985, and most recently reprinted in 2018 by vintage classics. The gulag archipelago by aleksandr solzhenitsyn, 9781843430858, download free ebooks, download free pdf epub ebook. Gulag archipelago by solzhenitsyn, first edition abebooks. Structurally, the text is made up of seven sections divided in most printed editions into three volumes.
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