One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

by Alexander SOLZHENITSYN | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0140020535 Global Overview for this book

Registered by davemurray101 of Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on 8/28/2011

7 journalers for this copy...

Journal Entry 1 by davemurray101 from Christiansted, US Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands on Sunday, August 28, 2011

The story of a typical day in a Stalinist labour camp as experienced by prisoner Ivan Denisovich Shukhov.

Journal Entry 2 by davemurray101 at A fellow BookCrosser, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Released 12 yrs ago (11/16/2011 UTC) at A fellow BookCrosser, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases

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Posted to Cat207 of Gladstone

Journal Entry 3 by cat207 at Gladstone, Queensland Australia on Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Arrived in today's mail. Thank you Dave. X

Journal Entry 4 by cat207 at Gladstone, Queensland Australia on Monday, May 21, 2012

I always thought that Solzhenitsyn's writing would be too 'heavy' for me, but I've really enjoyed what I've read so far.

Journal Entry 5 by cat207 at Gladstone, Queensland Australia on Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Heading off to lamelemon in Romania as part of the 'wishlist tag' game. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 6 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Monday, July 16, 2012

Safely picked up from the post office, thanks a lot cat207 for the 1001 wishlist tag! This was a nice choice, I really like Russian literature although I tend to favour classics since they're easier to come by. Hope to have this one on the road again in a short while :)

Journal Entry 7 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Friday, February 22, 2013

Despite its often gloomy tone, I read this book at ease and rather liked it. One more off the list, and a short one, too. Thanks for sharing, let's see where it ends up next!

LE 30 Apr 2013: saving for soffitta1's European 1001 VBB

Journal Entry 8 by lamelemon at București, Wallachia Romania on Saturday, January 30, 2016

Released 8 yrs ago (1/30/2016 UTC) at București, Wallachia Romania

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Thank you all for sharing! Now traveling to greenbadger via the Alphabet VBB. Enjoy!

Journal Entry 9 by

greenbadger

at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, February 9, 2016

Chosen from Alphabet VBB round 10. Thank you!

Journal Entry 10 by

greenbadger

at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 15, 2016

Ivan Denisovich has been sent to a Siberian labour camp after being accused of being a spy when he escaped capture on the German front, and spends his time pursuing strategies to gain the extra few grammes of bread that might mean survival for the remainder of his ten year stretch. This slim volume covers the events of one day, but manages to thoroughly describe the conditions and way of life of the camp's inhabitants. Well worth reading, this certainly deserved its Nobel Prize.

Journal Entry 11 by

greenbadger

at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Released 6 yrs ago (5/9/2017 UTC) at St Albans, Hertfordshire United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 12 by

catsalive

at Rooty Hill, New South Wales Australia on Sunday, June 4, 2017

I read One Day ... back in 2006. I loved it but won't be putting myself through that gruelling day again.

My thoughts from 2006:
Fascinating, stark and bleak. Man's inhumanity to man, eh?! To think that this and every other day would be the same or worse, but the human spirit is quite amazing the way it copes with such remorseless desolation. Take Shukhov's quote on the final page: "A day without a dark cloud. Almost a happy day." Wow!

I also loved this quote from page 64: "How often had Shukhov in his youth fed oats to horses! Never had it occurred to him that there'd come a time when his whole soul would crave for a handful of them." Yes, this book should make us thankful for what we have, but humans are basically ungrateful sods & find it easy to forget.

I surprised myself by really enjoying this book, although enjoy seems the wrong word to use in relation to such a life. The prose was startlingly clear and concise, leaving little or nothing of conjecture regarding life in a Siberian labour camp.