A review by ipb1
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

5.0

If [b:One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich|852538|One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich|Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1580834282l/852538._SX50_.jpg|66365299] is the microcosmic and personal, The Gulag Archipelago is the macrocosmic portrayal of the mechanics and geography of the Gulag machine - a literary Shoah of the Soviet genocide. It is both exhaustive and exhausting. It reminded me of the works of [a:Primo Levi|4187|Primo Levi|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1675863024p2/4187.jpg] in that it is essential but absolutely harrowing reading.