One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

143 pages • first pub 1962 (view editions) user-added

fiction classics historical dark reflective sad slow-paced
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The discerning reader who values spare, unflinching portraits of endurance amid institutional cruelty and who finds meaning in quiet, morally charged moments rather than fast-moving plots will be deeply moved.

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The first published novel from the controversial Nobel Prize winning Russian author of The Gulag Archipelago. In the madness of World War II, a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian lab...

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Community Reviews

3.81
based on 11,114 reviews

Moods

dark: 72%

reflective: 57%

sad: 51%

informative: 37%

challenging: 32%

emotional: 25%

tense: 23%

inspiring: 9%

hopeful: 7%

funny: 5%

adventurous: 3%

lighthearted: 1%

Pace

15% of readers chose fast
40% of readers chose medium
44% of readers chose slow
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medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose Plot
23% of readers chose A mix
61% of readers chose Character
3% of readers chose N/A
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Strong character development?

12% of readers chose Yes
16% of readers chose Complicated
66% of readers chose No
5% of readers chose N/A
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Loveable characters?

37% of readers chose Yes
37% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
4% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Diverse cast of characters?

22% of readers chose Yes
12% of readers chose Complicated
57% of readers chose No
7% of readers chose N/A
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Complicated
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

16% of readers chose Yes
19% of readers chose Complicated
61% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
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