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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

My rating: 5 of 5 stars


I read this book as a teenager and Solzhenitsyn has been one of my heroes ever since. It is a truly exceptional book with a deceptively simple style which draws the reader in right from the start and paints such a vivid picture of daily life in Russia's labour camps that it is almost palpable. I remember shivering with the cold and being so completely overwhelmed afterwards that it was days before I could speak about it because I couldn't find a way to describe the book that could do it justice. The book should be read in one sitting if possible to experience the full power of the story. This is a work by a master craftsman and an extraordinary human being.



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