One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (FSG Classics)

For the centenary of the Russian Revolution, a new edition of the Russian Nobel Prizewinning authors most accessible novelOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is an undisputed classic of contemporary literature. First published (in censored form) in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, it is the story of laborcamp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov as he struggles to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. On every page of this graphic depiction of Ivan Denisovichs struggles, the pain of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyns own decadelong experience in the gulag is apparentwhich makes its ultimate tribute to one mans will to triumph over relentless dehumanization all the more moving.An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalins forcedwork camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary works to have emerged from the Soviet Union. The first of Solzhenitsyns novels to be published, it forced both the Soviet Union and the West to confront the Soviets human rights record, and the novel was specifically mentioned in the presentation speech when Solzhenitsyn was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1970. Above all, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich establishes Solzhenitsyns stature as a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dostoevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy (Harrison Salisbury, The New York Times).This unexpurgated, widely acclaimed translation by H. T. Willetts is the only translation authorized by Solzhenitsyn himself.