One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: (50th Anniversary Edition) - Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn

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. Revised reissue. nThe first published novel from the controversial Nobel Prize winning Russian author of The Gulag Archipelago. nIn the madness of World War II, a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian labor camp. So begins this masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, a harrowing account of a man who has conceded to all things evil with dignity and strength. n n First published in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia. Illuminating a dark chapter in Russian history, it is at once a graphic picture of work camp life and a moving tribute to man's will to prevail over relentless dehumanization. n nIncludes an Introduction by Yevgeny Yevtushenko nand an Afterword by Eric Bogosiann