Upon hearing a derisive reference to "Old Man Whiskers," the title character reflects on being able to say things he wouldn't have gotten away with in Ust-Izhma.
Upon hearing a derisive reference to "Old Man Whiskers," the title character reflects on being able to say things he wouldn't have gotten away with in Ust-Izhma. The arrival of the protagonist's rival engineer faction ends up saving him from being caught with a piece of metal stuffed into his mitten, after which he hurries to the parcel room to await the expected delivery of food. The snitch Panteleyev and Eino and his unnamed partner are minor members of the protagonist's Gang 104, which also contains the teenage Gopchik, Tsezar, the recipient of the aforementioned package, and the leader Tyurin, a veteran who oversees the duties of his fellow prisoners. FTP, identify this Alexander Solzhenitsyn novel that chronicles a brief moment in the title character's ten year prison sentence.
Upon hearing a derisive reference to "Old Man Whiskers," the title character reflects on being able to say things he wouldn't have gotten away with in Ust-Izhma.
{One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich}