[struggle]

I read the Gulag Archipelago. It is very compelling, but quite a bit of it is subjective narrative. If you want a real read, try Applebaum’s Gulag. It’s a horrific look at the gulag that not even Ivan Denisovich can approach.

[DesertRhino]

Applebaum doesn’t hold a candle to one day.

[notdownwidems]

If you want a real read, try Applebaum’s Gulag. It’s a horrific look at the gulag that not even Ivan Denisovich can approach.

I agree! Anne Applebaum's 'Gulag' is definitely the best, most comprehensive (and shocking) of all the 'Soviet prison camp' books I have read. After I read it the first time, I immediately started at the beginning and re-read it, something I have NEVER done with any other book. I recommend it to anyone interested in this subject. Other great ones I have read: 'Seven Thousand Days in Siberia', 'Kolyma Tales', 'White Nights' (Menachem Begin), 'When Tears Turn to Ice' and 'The Long Way Home'...also if you get a chance watch the TV movie 'Coming Out of the Ice' with John Savage...excellent also