Is it banned, or simply not available in typical public libraries because it's in Russian and there is not an English translation? My public library has dozens of books by Solzhenitsyn.

Interesting suggestion!

It seems there is not a complete english translation available from a single translator, or one affiliated with any university/previous scholarship at least. I couldnt find any in a quick search of a few major city library catalogues and major universities in NA. I did find a few journal articles about the book though, and it was very easy to find other Solzhenitsyn books in grade school and other libraries.

The pdf translation below has a typo in the very first line of the introduction and the first chapter was translated by someone(s) on 8chan {1}. So I'm not terribly surprised that typical public libraries don't have a copy.

{1} https://ia803108.us.archive.org/2/items/200YearsTogether/200...

(side note I love LibGen too, but I think it's good that a physical, public library is making a point of making their e-catalogue available to teens)

It's banned from being sold on all major bookstores / platforms

Two hundred smackers on Amazon.

That's the Russian one

Six hundred and eighty copies on worldcat, including one within 7 miles of me.

Still waiting to hear Jordan Peterson’s review of that one.

We all are. That little performance bummed me out quite a bit the first time I saw it. I still think his general life advice is good though.

If you’ve read Nietzsche or other philology/mythology he just comes off as a gas station ‘10 tips to EXCEL in your life’ and it’s cringe to see people take him seriously at face value.

Not doubting he is a smart man: he started a self auditing thing on his website, and probably has the psychological profile of his audience written up in bullet points for his marketers.