num_pages: 142
description: 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. Introduction by Yevgeny Yevtushenko
language: English
title: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
titlecomplete: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
characters: Ivan Denisovich Shukhov
genres: 20th Century, Russia, Historical Fiction, Historical, Novels, School, Literature, Russian Literature, Classics, Fiction
ratings_count: 110225
places: Russian Federation, Soviet Union
publisher: Signet Classics