num_pages: 560
description: The cancer ward of a Soviet hospital becomes a microcosm of life itself as an array of uniquely Russian characters face the fact of death yet struggle to fulfill their human hopes and needs
language: English
title: Cancer Ward
titlecomplete: Cancer Ward (Modern Library)
characters: Oleg Filimonovich Kostoglotov
genres: Fiction, Russian Literature, 20th Century, Medicine, Classics, Nobel Prize, Russia, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 16373
places: U.S.S.R.
series: Cancer Ward
publisher: Modern Library