Oh yeah, this should be required reading for all teenagers. Does it destroy your psyche? Yes, and that’s why it’s important.
0 out of 10, would never read again. Glad I did though.
VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 1 day ago
Not too long ago I started listening to the audiobook of The Gulag Archipelago, and I had to stop a few chapters in because it was negatively affecting my mental health.
You may have heard about the Soviet Union being bad in the 70s and 80s, but that was an absolute cakewalk compared to the Stalin era.
Oh yeah, this should be required reading for all teenagers. Does it destroy your psyche? Yes, and that’s why it’s important.
0 out of 10, would never read again. Glad I did though.
It shouldn’t be, because it’s a work of fiction.
nytimes.com/…/solzhenitsyns-exwife-says-gulag-is-…
That’s a rather paltry article to link to declare “fiction”, based solely on his ex-wife. From wikipedia -
Solzhenitsyn constructed his highly detailed narrative from various sources including reports, interviews, statements, diaries, legal documents, and his own experience as a Gulag prisoner.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago
It’s not “100% accurate, detailed notes from one man’s point of view”, but this book is widely acknowledged to be a nonfiction account, even if many of the tales & details are anecdotal and not verifiable.
That’s a very large conclusion to reach from one person’s completely undetailed single statement.
Riverside@reddthat.com 1 day ago
Gulag Archipelago is a fiction work, though. You want documented information on the Great Terror, you can go to legit works like the Memorial foundation, no need to read fiction written by a fascist
VinegarChunks@lemmus.org 17 hours ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gulag_Archipelago?wprov…
Riverside@reddthat.com 6 hours ago
You could go ahead quoting Wikipedia: