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by: Alexander Solzhenitsyn See Larger Image Our Price: $5.95 Prices subject to change. Used Price: $1.39 Third Party New Price: $2.04 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours This item ships for FREE with Super Saver Shipping. Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 813 EAN: 9780451531049 ISBN: 0451531043 Label: Signet Classics Manufacturer: Signet Classics Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 176 Publication Date: August 06, 2008 Publisher: Signet Classics Sales Rank: 5790 Studio: Signet Classics Related Items: The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 Abridged: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (P.S.) All Quiet on the Western Front The Gulag Archipelago Volume 1: An Experiment in Literary Investigation (P.S.) Cancer Ward Things Fall Apart: A Novel see more Editorial Review: Product Description: One of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia, this novel is both a graphic picture of World War II work camp life and a testimony to the human spirit. Amazon.com Review: 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. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - only one day in the gulag No study of the Soviet Union could be complete without reading "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich", By Alexander Solzhenitsyn. Unlike Solzhenitsyn's later novels "The First Circle" or "The Gulag Archipelago" that explore the life of a zeck (political prisoners) in depth, "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" is a simple straight forward narrative of a single day in the life of a zeck. Solzhenitsyn captures the unchanging hopelessness and brutality of life in a gulag with both brevity ... Read More Rating: - Five Star Book of Five Star Books Not a wasted word. Incredible story. Powerful beyond belief. The glowing reviews are right--a must read. Rating: - Icy, Enduring, Classic ... This book has been reviewed over and over again. I doubt I can add much that has not been mentioned. I read this book (the first time) in 1978. It is one of the few books that sticks in my mind like I read it yesterday. First, it is short, only about 150-160 pages. For all its brevity it packs the impact of and 800 pager by Tolstoy or Dostoevsky. I enjoyed this book more than the much longer "Cancer Ward". Solzhenityn's descriptive and narrative power are in absolutely ... Read More Rating: - An important book Reading Alexandr Solzhenitsyn's book while traveling through the former Soviet Union recently was downright spooky. He had died just before I left, so I did him the honor of bringing his book along. You don't necessarily read it expecting a fun or enjoyable read. You read it because it was one of the first books that exposed yet one more terrible era the Russian people endured, Stalin's gulag prison camps. Actually, I was a little let down when I read the introduction (Katherine Shonk) ... Read More Rating: - Frightening Insight Into the Dark Side of Mankind The recent press surrounding the death of Solzhenitsyn prompted me to seek out his written works, and decided to start with this, his first book. Drawn from his own time spent in Soviet Gulags, Solzhenitsyn paints a frightening picture of a single day in the life of a typical prisoner as he tries to avoid the wrath of both the guards and his fellow inmates from dawn to dusk. Incidently, the events surrounding the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" are as eye-opening as ... Read More see more Browse for similar items by category: General - Literature & Fiction - 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - Classics 4-for-3 Books Store - Custom Stores - Specialty Stores - Books - All 4-for-3 Deals Classics - Literature & Fiction - Subjects - Books - General AAS General - Literature & Fiction - Subjects - Books - Classics Literature & Fiction - Subjects - Books - General AAS