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Re:Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to... by rootusrootus on Saturday April 23, 2022 @01:08PM (#31136087)
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.
Re:Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to... by Phithagoras on Saturday April 23, 2022 @02:35PM (#31137001)
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)

Re:Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to... by llanowarelves on Saturday April 23, 2022 @02:43PM (#31137092)
It's banned from being sold on all major bookstores / platforms
Re:Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to... by bigbillheck on Saturday April 23, 2022 @02:55PM (#31137220)
Two hundred smackers on Amazon.
Re:Brooklyn Public Library offers access to banned ebooks to... by llanowarelves on Saturday April 23, 2022 @03:04PM (#31137323)
That's the Russian one