One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn with Ralph Parker

143 pages • first pub 1962 (editions)

fiction classics historical dark emotional reflective slow-paced

Description

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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Moods

dark 72%
reflective 57%
sad 48%
informative 36%
challenging 34%
tense 25%
emotional 24%
inspiring 9%
hopeful 7%
funny 5%
adventurous 3%

Pace

slow 44%
medium 39%
fast 15%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 58% | A mix: 24% | Plot: 12% | N/A: 4%

Strong character development?

No: 66% | It's complicated: 16% | Yes: 10% | N/A: 5%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 38% | Yes: 36% | No: 20% | N/A: 4%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 58% | Yes: 18% | It's complicated: 13% | N/A: 9%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

No: 61% | It's complicated: 17% | Yes: 17% | N/A: 3%

Average rating

3.77

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