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his best and most important work is the Gulag Archipelago[0] and everyone should read it. Its an eye opener that shows how life under communism really is. [0]
by ryanx435 8y ago
his best and most important work is the Gulag Archipelago[0] and everyone should read it. Its an eye opener that shows how life under communism really is.
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago
- andrepd 8y agoWhile a powerful literary work, TGA is not a work of objective history.
- ramblerman 8y agoI always found it more powerful, to truly understand the conditions, of someone who went through that - first hand. Do you feel he embellished, or why would you state that?
- tlear 8y agoBecause that is one of the talking points of the Russian propaganda. Oh it is a fantastic novel, great novel but all fantasy. It is the best at describing what USSR really was, lots of useful fools/tools in the West always had problem with it.
- andrepd 8y agoThe general scholarly and scientific consensus is that the work is not rigorous, objective, or scientific. If you challenge this take it up with the scholars.
- ryanx435 8y agoFunny how literature suddenly needs to be "rigorous, objective, scientific" when it criticizes communism, even though it's a first hand account written by a political prisoner. Keep believing that propaganda.
- andrepd 8y agoWho's believing propaganda? I'm getting my info from several sources before I make up my mind, you apparently get yours from hearsay that says what you already want to belive. Am I missing something here?