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I'm reading the Gulag Archipelago right now. In it he says that many Russian authorities were actually relieved when they read Ivan Denisovich, because the all
by onezeno 14y ago
I'm reading the Gulag Archipelago right now. In it he says that many Russian authorities were actually relieved when they read Ivan Denisovich, because the all new of prison camps with conditions far worse than those depicted in the novel.
- lostlogin 14y agoGulag by Anna Applebaum is a good gulag history too.
- sfont 14y agoIndeed the conditions described in the novel were more unpleasant than horrid (if I remember right). My favorite section though was regarding day light savings time. Ivan estimates the time based on the position of the sun and is corrected by one of his fellow inmates that high noon is no longer noon as per "Soviet Decree."