num_pages: 144
description: 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.
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: Classics, Historical, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, School, Historical Fiction, Literature, 20th Century, Fiction
ratings_count: 110242
places: Soviet Union, Russian Federation
publisher: N . Y.: Bantam