“Gulag archipelago” is such a good source of information that even Russian libs who like making shit up just to fight communism are distancing themselves from this book.
I haven’t read Archipelago, but I did read (years ago) The First Circle. Even if you take everything in that book at face value, it still portrays something leagues better than any American prison.
Sorry I’m confused. Is @DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml praising the book or condemning it? It was written by a Marxist-Leninist, embraced by Putin, taught in the Russian public school system since 2009, and is very critical of Stalin and the gulags (the author spent 8 years in a gulag)
“Gulag archipelago” is such a good source of information that even Russian libs who like making shit up just to fight communism are distancing themselves from this book.
I haven’t read Archipelago, but I did read (years ago) The First Circle. Even if you take everything in that book at face value, it still portrays something leagues better than any American prison.
Sorry I’m confused. Is @DankZedong@lemmygrad.ml praising the book or condemning it? It was written by a Marxist-Leninist, embraced by Putin, taught in the Russian public school system since 2009, and is very critical of Stalin and the gulags (the author spent 8 years in a gulag)
I am not a fan of the book, no.