Alexander Solzhenitsyn effectively tells us the story of Stalin's mandatory labour camps, in which prisoners were welcomed with harsh conditions and endless sentences. Not a single person has tasted freedom upon the first day they entered the camp, not a single person has ever left. The book describes a single day of Ivan, a normal citizen who just so happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Through Ivan's eyes, you learn the struggle of the people, the ' of the Soviet Gulag system, and the peril which occurred throughout Stalin's rule.
Although incomprehensible, Solzhenitsyn somehow manages to make you understand the struggle prisoners face, constantly struggling daily to maintain their sanity, hold their dignity, while laying low with the hope you might get out alive. Through this short tale, many questions relevant to the functions of Russia's systems are answered, as the informative pieces gives you greater understanding. I highly recommend the book, and although boring and long at times, the book has become a staple piece of literature that informs and reminds us of the boring, long, brutal yet important time of 1951.
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