A masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, this novel is one of the most significant and outspoken literary documents ever to come out of Soviet Russia. -- Library Journal. a moving human record. . . graphically detailed . . . outspoken . . . -- Washington Post Dramatic . -- New Statesman Both as a political tract and as a literary work, it is in the Doctor Zhivago category.
A literary and political event of the first magnitude.
Praise for One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Cannot fail to arouse bitterness and pain in the heart of the reader.
Ironically, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is the only one of his works permitted publication in his native land.
The prodigious works of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, including his acclaimed The Gulag Archipelago, have secured his place in the great tradition of Russian literary giants.
This powerful novel of fact is a scathing indictment of Communist tyranny, and an eloquent affirmation of the human spirit.
Even in the face of degrading hatred, where Life is reduced to a bowl of gruel and a rare cigarette, hope and dignity prevail.
A common carpenter, he is one of millions viciously imprisoned for countless years on baseless charges, sentenced to the waking nightmare of the Soviet work camps in Siberia. the story of how one falsely accused convict and his fellow prisoners survived or perished in an arctic slave labor camp after the war.-- Time From the icy blast of reveille through the sweet release of sleep, Ivan Denisovich endures. . .
Stark .
Introduction by renowned poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko.
A brutal depiction of Life in a Stalinist camp and a moving tribute to man\'s triumph of will over relentless dehumanization, this is Solzhenitsyn\'s first novel to win international acclaim.
A masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, this novel is one of the most significant and outspoken literary documents ever to come out of Soviet Russia
