Gulag: a history
Award winning non-fiction, History, European history
Human-narrated audio
Summary
Washington Post columnist documents the evolution of the Soviet Union's forced labour camp system - from its origins during the Bolshevik Revolution, expansion under Stalin, and its dissolution after the dictator's death. The chronicle also examines the lives of prisoners… and the unique society they formed. Some descriptions of sex and violence. Winner of the 2004 Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction. 2003.