- Do I need to read Volumes 1 and 2 first?
- Yes. This is the final volume and refers constantly to people and events set up earlier. Start with Volume 1.
- Is this the full text or an abridged edition?
- This printing is marked abridged, so some passages from the complete translation are omitted.
- What does Volume 3 cover?
- It focuses on escapes and attempted escapes from the camps, along with the later chapters of Solzhenitsyn's investigation.
- How long is it?
- 528 pages in paperback, roughly the same length as the other volumes.
- Is it a novel?
- No. It is nonfiction built from testimony, documents and the author's own camp experience, though it is written with novelistic pacing.
- Where is the The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956) cheapest?
- At Amazon, for $16.99, as of our latest check.
- Where can I buy the The Gulag Archipelago [Volume 3]: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956)?
- 2 stores we checked sell it, including ElevenReader, Amazon.