by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn · Editorial Planeta, S.A. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788493264550
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«Archipiélago Gulag (1918-1956) Vol. I» is the historical work by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, published by Editorial Planeta in hardcover (443 pages, in Spanish).
Solzhenitsyn documents the Soviet system of forced labor and punishment camps based on direct testimonies from prisoners. The work reconstructs the detainees' experience: arbitrary arrests, interrogations, denunciations, hunger, cold and the struggle for survival in extreme conditions. For decades it was banned in the USSR and only circulated clandestinely, making it a key testimony on political repression in the 20th century.
It is volume I of the work «Archipiélago Gulag 1918-1956». It includes a prologue by Raúl del Pozo and belongs to the Biblioteca El Mundo collection.
Aimed at readers interested in 20th-century history, Soviet repression and testimonies of survival in the gulags.
Carlos Rojas is an American sinologist and translator. He is currently Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. He is a cultural historian and his work and teachings primarily focus on Chinese culture. He also teaches the subjects of film, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2000. Before his professorship at Duke, Rojas was Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Film at the University of Florida. Rojas lives in Durham, North Carolina.
