One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Signet Classics) - Softcover

Alexander Solzhenitsyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451527097 ISBN 13: 9780451527097

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1998

Synopsis

Highlighted by a new introduction by Yevgeny Yevtushenko, a brutal depiction of life in a Stalinist camp and a moving tribute to man's triumph over relentless dehumanization in a novel said to be one of the most outspoken and significant literary documents ever to come out of Soviet Russia. Reprint.

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Review

Solzhenitsyn's first book, this economical, relentless novel is one of the most forceful artistic indictments of political oppression in the Stalin-era Soviet Union. The simply told story of a typical, grueling day of the titular character's life in a labor camp in Siberia, is a modern classic of Russian literature and quickly cemented Solzhenitsyn's international reputation upon publication in 1962. It is painfully apparent that Solzhenitsyn himself spent time in the gulags--he was imprisoned for nearly a decade as punishment for making derogatory statements about Stalin in a letter to a friend.

From the Publisher

From the icy blast of reveille through the sweet release of sleep, Ivan Denisovich endures. A common carpenter, he is one of millions viciously imprisoned for countless years on baseless charges, sentenced to the waking nightmares of the Soviet work camps in Siberia. Even in the face of degrading hatred, where life is reduced to a bowl of gruel and a rare cigarette, hope and dignity prevail. This powerful novel of fact is a scathing indictment of Communist tyranny, and an eloquent affirmation of the human spirit.

Edition details

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0451527097
• ISBN 13: 9780451527097
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 142