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**StitlyDute** · 07-13-2008, 02:39 AM

I read his One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich a few years back and found it interesting, although I never truly connected. But, having stood inside a replica gulag in the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia earlier this year, and having the chance to browse amongst many other aspects of such an era, I'm interested to take a second look at the novel.

I read this a couple of weeks ago and found it brilliant; painfully realistic, as stripped-down and worked to the essentials as its protagonist; 24 hours in the life of a political prisoner trying to keep alive in Siberia that somehow manages to not lose itself in messages or despair. He's even got sympathy for the people running the camp. Simultaneously stoic and refusing to bow itself. Very highly recommended.

07-13-2008, 02:39 AM	#2
StitlyDute Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 485 Senior Member	I read his One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich a few years back and found it interesting, although I never truly connected. But, having stood inside a replica gulag in the Museum of the Occupation of Latvia earlier this year, and having the chance to browse amongst many other aspects of such an era, I'm interested to take a second look at the novel. I read this a couple of weeks ago and found it brilliant; painfully realistic, as stripped-down and worked to the essentials as its protagonist; 24 hours in the life of a political prisoner trying to keep alive in Siberia that somehow manages to not lose itself in messages or despair. He's even got sympathy for the people running the camp. Simultaneously stoic and refusing to bow itself. Very highly recommended.
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