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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn, Ralph Parker

ISBN: 9780141184746
Release Date: 30 Nov 2000
Average rating: (read by 51 members)

Categories: Modern fiction , Classic fiction

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety, warmth and food are the first objectives. Reading it, you enter a world of incarceration, brutality, hard manual labour and freezing cold - and participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life.

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	Ecthelon Full Review
	Rated it 6 months ago

While I did not find the book particularly brutal or enlightening, it was a very enjoyable read. Shukov really shines through as a character. He is really just a normal man, who accepts his fate, but one can not help but admire his tremendous strength....

	singerman
	Rated it 6 months ago

This classic work gives you a insight into life in a Gulag. You follow Ivan through a better than average day and the injustice that took place under Stalin comes to life.

	Luke1972
	Rated it 7 months ago

I really enjoyed this book but am unsure why given its brutal subject matter. I suppose it is written is such a way that you really empathise with Ivan and the horrors of gulag life become very human and real.

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