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Gustaw Herling’s A World Apart is one of the most important books about Soviet camps and communist ideology in the Stalinist period. First published in English in 1951 and translated into many languages, it was relatively unknown till Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago in the 1970s. However, the narrative of the author’s experience in the Jertsevo gulag was highly appreciated by Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Jorge Semprun and others. In this first monograph on Herling’s fascinating life, Bolecki discusses hitherto unknown documents from the writer’s archive in Naples. His insight into the subject and poetics of Herling’s book and the account of its remarkable reception offer readers an intriguing profile of one of the most compelling witnesses of the 20th century.

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Contents: Gustaw Herling – Soviet concentration camps – Communist ideology – Stalinist period – Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago – Jertsevo gulag – Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Jorge Semprun.

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      Publisher: Peter Lang AG
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9783631629215, 978-3631629215
      ISBN10: 3631629214

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Gustaw Herling’s A World Apart is one of the most important books about Soviet camps and communist ideology in the Stalinist period. First published in English in 1951 and translated into many languages, it was relatively unknown till Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago in the 1970s. However, the narrative of the author’s experience in the Jertsevo gulag was highly appreciated by Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Jorge Semprun and others. In this first monograph on Herling’s fascinating life, Bolecki discusses hitherto unknown documents from the writer’s archive in Naples. His insight into the subject and poetics of Herling’s book and the account of its remarkable reception offer readers an intriguing profile of one of the most compelling witnesses of the 20th century.

      Table of Contents
      Contents: Gustaw Herling – Soviet concentration camps – Communist ideology – Stalinist period – Solzhenitsyn’s The Gulag Archipelago – Jertsevo gulag – Bertrand Russell, Albert Camus, Jorge Semprun.

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