{"product_id":"the-first-circle-by-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-author","title":"The First Circle by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMANUFACTURED ON DEMAND, SHIPPING IN 2-4 WEEKS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAt the height of Stalin's postwar terror, Innokenty, a young diplomat and scion of a corrupt ruling class, discovers an earlier and more spiritual tradition than that adopted by the October Revolution, the beginning of a process which is Solzhenitsyn's basic theme: the individual's experience of acquiring an immortal soul. Unwisely but generously, Innokenty helps a friend in danger of arrest, only to be arrested himself and sent to a special prison. This, the archetype of the Gulag, is described with masterful psychological insight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere are no heroes and hardly any villains; oppressors are no less victims then the oppressed. In the great tradition of the Russian novel, The First Circle is both a brooding account of human nature and a scrupulously exact description of a historical period.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"format\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"col1\"\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback \u003c\/span\u003e592 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"imprint\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher: Vintage Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"imprint\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: The Harvill Press \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"isbn\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9781860460906\u003cbutton data-role=\"tooltip\" class=\"btnCopyISBN\" data-isbn=\"9781860460906\" data-tooltip=\"Copy ISBN\/Barcode\"\u003e\u003ci aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fa fa-files-o\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/button\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"published\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003ePublished:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 Aug 1988\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Looking Glass Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42203474100380,"sku":"","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/5703\/3628\/products\/the-first-circle-by-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-932215.jpg?v=1703859968","url":"https:\/\/classicliteraturebookshop.com\/products\/the-first-circle-by-aleksandr-solzhenitsyn-author","provider":"The Classic Literature Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}