Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenit͡syn
Author
Series
Lexile measure
900L
Language
English
Description
First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression.
Author
Pub. Date
1974
Lexile measure
1110L
Physical Desc
3 volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on his own experiences before, during and after his eleven years of incarceration and exile, on evidence provided by more than 200 fellow prisoners, and on Soviet archives, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression, the state within the state that once ruled all-powerfully with its creation by Lenin in 1918. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims-this man, that...
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
375 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
In a series of stories written after the Nobel Prize-winning author's return from exile to Russia, and published now for the first time in English, the author explores both Soviet and post-Soviet life.
"After years of living in exile, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn returned to Russia in 1994 and published a series of eight powerfully paired stories. These groundbreaking works--interconnected and juxtaposed using an experimental method Solzhenitsyn referred...
Author
Pub. Date
1973
Physical Desc
xii, 660 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Drawing on his own experiences before, during and after his eleven years of incarceration and exile, on evidence provided by more than 200 fellow prisoners, and on Soviet archives, Solzhenitsyn reveals with torrential narrative and dramatic power the entire apparatus of Soviet repression, the state within the state that once ruled all-powerfully with its creation by Lenin in 1918. Through truly Shakespearean portraits of its victims-this man, that...
Author
Series
Noonday volume 484
Pub. Date
1974
Physical Desc
95 unnumbered pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English