num_pages: 143
description: This crisp, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Khrushchev himself, during the Russian thaw, is said to have authorized the publication of this spare, stark description of life in a Siberian labour camp. (blurb on back cover)
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: Fiction, Russian Literature, 20th Century, Classics, School, Historical, Russia, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 110252
places: Russian Federation, Soviet Union
publisher: Penguin Books