# One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

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- Book: [One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich](https://www.bookquiver.com/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/one-day-in-the-life-of-ivan-denisovich) ([One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn/one-day-in-the-life-of-ivan-denisovich.md))
- Authors: [Alexandre Soljénitsyne](https://www.bookquiver.com/aleksandr-solzhenitsyn)
- Publisher: penguin_classics
- ISBN: 978-01-4118-474-6
- Pages: 144
- Published: 2000-11-30
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. 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 or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety, warmth and food are the first objectives. Reading it, you enter a world of incarceration, brutality, hard manual labour and freezing cold - and participate in the struggle of men to survive both the terrible rigours of nature and the inhumanity of the system that defines their conditions of life.