Posted on 06/09/2007 2:21:41 PM PDT by AlbionGirl
It’s impact at the end of the book is incredible, as (most) everything preceeding it are pictures and book excerpts documenting his time in the Soviet gulags.
I goofed up! I misspelled "Pictorial". I'm looking at my copy right now, and that's definitely the title on the cover (Noonday Press, ISBN: 0-374-51192-6, 1974 first printing). When spelled correctly, I found used copies cheap on Amazon.com. Sorry for the messup!
There's also a different copy on eBay right now whose cover reads A Pictorial Record. This other version can also be used on Amazon. Looks like it was printed by a different publisher, and with 8 additional pages(?).
My version's cover is identical to the Record cover on eBay, except for that one word, and mine also includes the Noonday catalog # & price at the bottom right corner of the cover.
My favorites are: the one of him huddling in his prison garb (around page 35), the closeup of his face (page 47), and the one of him holding his children(?) on page 87, that immediately precedes the poem. I can never complain about my own life, after seeing what this man went through in his.
I'm very glad you're pleased with the book (and glad that you found a copy). It's one of my favorite books among my entire personal library, and one that I never tire of sharing with friends.
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