One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich — Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn

This extraordinary novel is one of the most significant and outspoken literary documents ever to come out of Soviet Russia. It is both a brutally graphic picture of life in a Stalinist work camp and a moving tribute to man's will to prevail over relentless dehumanization. A masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH first brought to world attention the work of Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Nobel Prize - winning author of THE CANCER WARD, THE FIRST CIRCLE, and THE GULAG ARCHIPELAGO 1918-1956.