ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH - Penguin Modern Clas

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared Reading it, you enter a world of incarceration, brutally, hard manual labour, and freezing cold in a Siberian labour camp - and participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system which defines their conditions of life. From One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich you discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string, a single match. Survival is all. Safety, warmth and food become the first objective - and prescribe harsh limits to any further human possibilities.