Summary of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Arrest is a shattering point in your life, a bolt of lightning that has hit you. It is an unassimilable spiritual earthquake that can cause people to slip into insanity. #2 The traditional image of an arrest is the sharp nighttime ring or the rude knock at the door. The insolent entrance of the unsleeping State Security operatives. The frightened and cowed civilian witness at their backs. #3 The arrest process