One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- First Published: 1962
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical realism
- Time of Work: 1951
- Setting: Siberia, northern Soviet Union
- Principal Characters: Ivan Denisovich Shukov, Tiurin, Tsezar, Alyosha, Pavlo, Fetikov, Senka, Kilgas, Buinovsky
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism, Historical fiction
- Subjects: 1950’s, Prisoners, Survivalism, Soviet Union or Soviets
- Locales: Siberia
The Story:
Reveille began the day for Ivan Denisovich Shukov, a victim of the mass imprisonments that took place in the Soviet Union during the Stalin era. He had been unjustly sentenced to ten years in a labor camp and was serving out his term in a remote corner of Siberia. It was the dead of winter, and Ivan woke up feeling ill. He intended to report for sick call.
His plan to report for sick call was apparently thwarted when one of the camp guards arrested him for violating a rule: not getting up at reveille. Ivan was told he would be sentenced to ten days in the...
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