Arhipelag Gulag (Archipelag Gulag)

Japanese: 収容所群島 - しゅうようじょぐんとう(英語表記)Архипелаг Гулаг/Arhipelag Gulag
Arhipelag Gulag (Archipelag Gulag)

A documentary literary work by Russian author Solzhenitsyn, subtitled "Literary Observations, 1917-56." Published in Paris in three volumes between 1973 and 1975, it was the direct catalyst for the author's exile. It is now widely known that the Soviet Union under Stalin isolated millions of people in concentration camps, forced them to work under horrible conditions, and many of them died. This book is a historical document that uses the author's own experiences, the testimonies of survivors, and the results of vigorous research to recreate the hellish picture beyond imagination in the most concrete, comprehensive, and artistically powerful way. From the standpoint that Soviet socialism was already supported by the concentration camp system since the Lenin era, the author thoroughly denounces communist ideology and discusses how it distorts human beings. This is not simply an anti-Soviet book, but a book that encourages reflection on the terrible relationship between power, ideology, and human beings in modern times from the perspective of the history of civilization.

[Takashi Egawa]

"Kimura Hiroshi's translation of "The Concentration Camp Archipelago" 6 volumes (1974-77, Shinchosha)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

ロシアの作家ソルジェニツィンの記録的文学作品。「1917―56・文学的考察」の副題をもつ。1973~75年にパリで全3巻が刊行され、作者の国外追放の直接の契機となった。スターリン時代のソ連が数百万もの人間を収容所に隔離し、劣悪な条件下で強制労働に従事させ、その多くを死亡させたことは、現在では広く知られている。本書は、作者自身の体験、生き残りの証言、精力的な調査結果を駆使して、想像を越えるその地獄図絵をもっとも具体的、包括的に、しかも強烈な芸術的迫力をもって再現した歴史的文書である。ソ連の社会主義はすでにレーニン時代から収容所体制に支えられていたという立場から、著者は共産主義イデオロギーを完膚なきまで糾弾し、それがいかに人間をゆがめるかを論ずる。単なる反ソの書ではなく、現代における権力、思想、人間の恐るべき関係に文明史論的な思索を促す書といえる。

[江川 卓]

『木村浩訳『収容所群島』全6巻(1974~77・新潮社)』

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