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PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061479012
ISBN-139780061479014
eBay Product ID (ePID)1587165
Product Key Features
Book TitleIn the First Circle : the First Uncensored Edition
Number of Pages784 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
TopicLiterary, Political, Russian & Former Soviet Union, Historical
GenreFiction, Literary Collections
AuthorAleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight28.5 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2008-039336
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsThe new edition of Solzhenitsyn's epic novel, In the First Circle captures better than any other work of fiction the quintessence of communist rule at its Stalinist peak: all-pervasive, paranoid, oppressive, incompetent, lethal. ... The longer text is deeper and darker., "The new edition of Solzhenitsyn's epic novel, In the First Circle captures better than any other work of fiction the quintessence of communist rule at its Stalinist peak: all-pervasive, paranoid, oppressive, incompetent, lethal. ... The longer text is deeper and darker." -- The Economist "Solzhenitsyn's Cold War masterpiece ... a new radically retranslated edition, which is greatly expanded." -- London Times "The appearance in English of this new version of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's best novel is an exciting literary event. . . . A great and important book, whose qualities are finally fully available to English-speaking readers." -- Washington Post, The appearance of this new version of Solzhenitsyn's best novel is an exciting literary event. This is a great and important book, whose qualities are finally fully available to English readers. A fifth longer than the original, it is a vastly better novel., 'The new edition of Solzhenitsyn's epic novel, In the First Circle captures better than any other work of fiction the quintessence of communist rule at its Stalinist peak: all-pervasive, paranoid, oppressive, incompetent, lethal.... The longer text is deeper and darker.' (The Economist), Solzhenitsyn's Cold War masterpiece ... a new radically retranslated edition, which is greatly expanded.
Dewey Decimal891.73/44
SynopsisThe thrilling Cold War masterwork by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gulag Archipelago , published in full for the first time. "Solzhenitsyn's best novel. . . . A great and important book, whose qualities are finally fully available to English-speaking readers." -- Washington Post Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds. He and his fellow prisoners are charged with using their abilities to sleuth out the caller's identity, and they must choose whether to aid Joseph Stalin's repressive state--or refuse and accept transfer to the Siberian Gulag camps . . . and almost certain death. First written between 1955 and 1958, In the First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes--including nine full chapters--were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968. Now with the help of the author's most trusted translator, Harry T. Willetts, here for the first time is the complete, definitive English edition of Solzhenitsyn's powerful and magnificent classic., The thrilling Cold War masterwork by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gulag Archipelago, published in full for the first time. "Solzhenitsyn's best novel. . . . A great and important book, whose qualities are finally fully available to English-speaking readers." --Washington Post Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds. He and his fellow prisoners are charged with using their abilities to sleuth out the caller's identity, and they must choose whether to aid Joseph Stalin's repressive state--or refuse and accept transfer to the Siberian Gulag camps . . . and almost certain death. First written between 1955 and 1958, In the First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes--including nine full chapters--were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968. Now with the help of the author's most trusted translator, Harry T. Willetts, here for the first time is the complete, definitive English edition of Solzhenitsyn's powerful and magnificent classic., A major literary event 50 years in the making:In the First Circle is the first complete English translation of Nobel Prizewinner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's "best novel" (Washington Post). With an introduction by Edward Erickson, this work by the author of The Gulag Archipelago is the story of a brilliant mathematician who finds himself locked in a Moscow prison filled with the country's brightest minds and must decide whether to aid Stalin's repressive state., The thrilling Cold War masterwork by the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Gulag Archipelago , published in full for the first time "A great and important book, whose qualities are finally fully available to English-speaking readers." -- Washington Post Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds. He and his fellow prisoners are charged with using their abilities to sleuth out the caller's identity, and they must choose whether to aid Joseph Stalin's repressive state--or refuse and accept transfer to the Siberian Gulag camps . . . and almost certain death. First written between 1955 and 1958, In the First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes--including nine full chapters--were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968. Now with the help of the author's most trusted translator, Harry T. Willetts, here for the first time is the complete, definitive English edition of Solzhenitsyn's powerful and magnificent classic.
LC Classification NumberPG3488.O4V23 2009
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- 21. Sep. 2021
Good read, great message.
Excellent read. Very relevant for the times. Educate yourself.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
- 20. Okt. 2020
Amazing book
Dude. It’s freaking Solzhenitsyn. What’s not to like?Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
