{"product_id":"jacques-the-frenchman-memories-of-the-gulag-paperback-softback-9781487524067","title":"Jacques the Frenchman; Memories of the Gulag (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487524067","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJacques the Frenchman\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMemories of the Gulag\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJacques Rossi (Author), Michele Sarde (Author), Golfo Golfo Alexopoulos (Edited by), Kersti Colombant (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487524067\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 25 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e368 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Jacques Rossi stands perhaps second only to Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn in his contributions to our anthropological understanding of the Gulag […] Rossi\u0026amp;#x2019;s detailed descriptions of Gulag life near Norilsk, from intimate portraits of fellow prisoners to an analysis of whether a damaged can or a hat was better for receiving one\u0026amp;#x2019;s soup ration, are endlessly fascinating.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Jeffrey S. Hardy, Brigham Young University (\u003cem\u003eThe Russian Review\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"The keen observations and reflections of a highly intelligent and educated man, committed to social justice.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Katherine R. Jolluck, Stanford University (\u003cem\u003eJournal of Modern History\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacques Rossi is one of Stalin\u0026amp;#x2019;s most well-known victims. Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Gulag Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e, a fascinating encyclopedia of the Soviet forced labor camps, Rossi spent twenty years in interrogation, prison, and Gulag detention. Born to a prominent Polish father and French mother, the young Jacques became attracted to communism as a blueprint for radical social reform. He spent years in the communist underground in interwar Europe, agitating for the revolution, but he was arrested during Stalin\u0026amp;#x2019;s Great Purges in 1937. This book represents a conversation between Jacques Rossi and Michèle Sarde, professor emerita at Georgetown University, and weaves together personal reflections and historical analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRossi\u0026amp;#x2019;s remarkable life (1909–2004) spanned the twentieth century and sheds important light on the tumultuous history of Europe – the appeal of communism in the interwar period and beyond, the mentality of party members, the effects of mass repression, everyday life in Stalin\u0026amp;#x2019;s Gulag, and the problem of rights for former prisoners during the Khrushchev era. As he abandoned his internationalist communist beliefs, Rossi increasingly identified as French, embracing the name his fellow prisoners gave him in the Gulag, \"Jacques the Frenchman.\" Rossi\u0026amp;#x2019;s reflections on his own political beliefs, his frustrations with those who could not accept the truth of his brutal experiences in the Soviet Union, and his life as a witness to one of the twentieth century\u0026amp;#x2019;s worst crimes offer a fascinating history of Stalinism and its legacies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Meeting\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePart One: Before \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Never again \u003cbr\u003e2. The established order \u003cbr\u003e3. The future of the worldwide proletariat is more important than one\u0026amp;#x2019;s career! \u003cbr\u003e4. Fugitive \u003cbr\u003e5. Secret agent \u003cbr\u003e6. Let them stuff themselves with caviar! They won\u0026amp;#x2019;t grow old! \u003cbr\u003e7. Early indications of an announced arrest \u003cbr\u003e8. The trap \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Two: During \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. From the dog house to the train station \u003cbr\u003e10. We don\u0026amp;#x2019;t torture foreigners \u003cbr\u003e11. Confess, filthy fascist! \u003cbr\u003e12. On interrogations \u003cbr\u003e13. Daily life at the Butyrka Prison \u003cbr\u003e14. The story of a blind man and coffee with milk \u003cbr\u003e15. The verdict: now we\u0026amp;#x2019;re going to put into practice Marxist-Leninist theory \u003cbr\u003e16. Destination unknown \u003cbr\u003e17. Transit. May your memory be your only travel bag! \u003cbr\u003e18. An operatic voice on the Yenisei \u003cbr\u003e19. Dudinka: the end of the world \u003cbr\u003e20. The polar night \u003cbr\u003e21. Surviving \u003cbr\u003e22. Yes I am a communist and you are too; only between us there is barbed wire \u003cbr\u003e23. How Jacques, the Frenchman ceased to be a communist \u003cbr\u003e24. The friends of the people \u003cbr\u003e25. Continuing in spite of oneself \u003cbr\u003e26. The rebel: the first hunger strike \u003cbr\u003e27. In the central prison of Alexandrovsk \u003cbr\u003e28. The beginning of the end \u003cbr\u003e29. \"I Choose Samarkand\" \u003cbr\u003e30. \"But sir, you are dripping snow on my floors!\" \u003cbr\u003e31. In Central Asia: the man who came from a country with no collective farms\u003cbr\u003e32. To Nikita Khrushchev, [stop] I, Jacques Rossi, [stop] a Free Citizen, [stop] Am Starting a Hunger Strike, [stop] With No Time Limit and Until Death \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart Three: After \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33. Communist Poland: Origins of The Gulag Handbook \u003cbr\u003e34. Seeing Paris again \u003cbr\u003e35. Life after communism \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Place of an Epilogue \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfterward to the English Edition\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52595604095256,"sku":"9781487524067","price":25.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/jacques-the-frenchman-memories-of-the-gulag-paperback-softback-9781487524067","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}