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Book Review of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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Here, in the authors nascent novel, he recounts the daily existence in the Siberian gulags of the 1940s-50s. Life is harsh for the prisoners and soldiers alike. Each face severe penalty for infraction of the rules. This short novel (only 140 pages) is a good introduction to the authors work.