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A review by dreiac
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
5.0
I’ll review this one with a quote from the book:
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
This is, hands down, the best non-fiction book I have ever read. It’s hard to read - because it’s so heartbreaking - but entirely necessary.
“If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?”
This is, hands down, the best non-fiction book I have ever read. It’s hard to read - because it’s so heartbreaking - but entirely necessary.