One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1951
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Historical fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Prisoners, Survivalism, Soviet Union or Soviets
- Locales: Siberia
Places Discussed
*Siberian labor camp. Concentration camp located somewhere in eastern Russia’s vast Siberian wastes. The novel accurately depicts a single full day in the camp, using the words of one of its inmates, Shukhov, who is Solzhenitsyn’s alter ego. The grim eleven-hour workday in labor gangs subjects camp inmates to a stern test of character. In a situation where everyone fights for oneself, all human beings show what they are made of. Selfishness, cunning, cowardice, anger, hope against hope, and animalistic will to survive are some of the character traits that...
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