{"product_id":"the-first-circle-aleksandr-i-solzhenitsyn-good-used-gf","title":"THE FIRST CIRCLE - ALEKSANDR.I. SOLZHENITSYN - GOOD USED GF","description":"\u003cul data-path-to-node=\"2\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"2,0,0\" data-index-in-node=\"7\"\u003eThe First Circle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,1,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,2,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper \u0026amp; Row\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,3,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003ePublication Year:\u003c\/b\u003e 1968 (First U.S. Edition)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\"\u003e\u003cb data-path-to-node=\"2,4,0\" data-index-in-node=\"0\"\u003eTranslation:\u003c\/b\u003e Thomas P. Whitney\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003eThis novel is a semi-autobiographical account of the author's time in a \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"72\"\u003esharashka\u003c\/i\u003e—a research laboratory within the Soviet Gulag system where scientists were forced to work for the state. The title refers to the \"First Circle\" of Dante’s Hell, where the virtuous pagans reside in a state of relatively \"comfortable\" limbo compared to the deeper pits of suffering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"3\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote data-path-to-node=\"10\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"10,0\"\u003e*\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0\" data-index-in-node=\"1\"\u003e\"\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"10,0\" data-index-in-node=\"2\"\u003eTrademark of Book-of-the-Month Club, Inc. Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. and in Canada\"\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eThis confirms that this copy is a \u003cb data-path-to-node=\"11\" data-index-in-node=\"34\"\u003eBook-of-the-Month Club edition\u003c\/b\u003e rather than the true first trade edition.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003eThe dust jacket shows some shelf wear and a small tear at the top-left corner. The spine appears stable, but the red pigment on the jacket is prone to sun-fading, which is present here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"18\"\u003eDespite the modest financial value of this specific copy, \u003ci data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"58\"\u003eThe First Circle\u003c\/i\u003e remains a cornerstone of Cold War literature. Solzhenitsyn wrote it in secret between 1955 and 1958; it was smuggled out of the USSR (\u003ci data-path-to-node=\"18\" data-index-in-node=\"209\"\u003esamizdat\u003c\/i\u003e) and published in the West in 1968, contributing significantly to his Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"19\"\u003eThis particular edition is a great \"reader's copy\" and a perfect example of how mid-century political thrillers were packaged for the American public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-path-to-node=\"11\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47748871520419,"sku":null,"price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/6831\/6835\/files\/20260606_111917.jpg?v=1780853002","url":"https:\/\/kicksmixbooks.store\/products\/the-first-circle-aleksandr-i-solzhenitsyn-good-used-gf","provider":"Kicks Mix Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}