One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

<b>The first published novel from the controversial Nobel Prize winning Russian author of <i>The Gulag Archipelago</i>.</b> <p/>In the madness of World War II a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian labor camp. So begins this masterpiece of modern Russian fiction a harrowing account of a man who has conceded to all things evil with dignity and strength. <p/> First published in 1962 <i>One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich</i> is considered one of the most significant works ever to emerge from Soviet Russia. Illuminating a dark chapter in Russian history it is at once a graphic picture of work camp life and a moving tribute to man's will to prevail over relentless dehumanization. <p/><b>Includes an Introduction by Yevgeny Yevtushenko</b><br><b>and an Afterword by Eric Bogosian</b>