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" This classic raised many eyebrows when it was first published in 1963. Hailed as
one of the most significant literary works coming out of Soviet Russia at the time, this
Nobel Prize-winning author's accounting of a Stalinist work camp made its mark
world-wide. The book, by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, is not only graphic with details about
life in the labor camps, but brutal in its presentation and the Soviet state was bent upon
dehumanizing all its inhabitants. Based, of course, upon the author's personal experiences,
it seems captures the despair, the suffering, the hopelessness of being an inmate in such a
camp. This is not an easy book to read, especially for Westerners who rarely know first
hand such suffering. Still, in the almost 30 years since it was first published, the novel is
relevant today. "
Bill Hobbs, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1960's-1970's
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- general liberal/left wing activism
- fighting government corruption
- fighting for free speech/press
- religious issues
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Eastern Europe
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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