SOŁŻENICYN Alexander - Circle one. Vol. 1. 1st ed. Paris 1970.

Author: SOŁZENICYN Alexander

Title: Circle one. T.1.

• Place of publication: Paris
• Year of publication: 1970
• Publisher: Literary Institute
• Number of pages: 399, [1]
• Illustrations, maps: ---.
• Size: 21.5 cm
• Binding: soft
• Condition: rubbing/soiling of binding, stamps "WIADOMOŚCI (NEWS) 67, GREAT RUSSELL ST., LONDON, WC1B 3BS" (address of Grydzewski's "News" editorial office)
• ISBN: ---

Description:

Issue 1.

"Another great novel by the Nobel laureate in literature, next to The Ward of the Sick with Cancer. Although its title alludes to Dante's Divine Comedy, Solzhenitsyn describes his contemporaries and the reality of the "charashka" - prison-institute for research. The prisoners employed there, many of them eminent scientists, work on the decryption of the human voice and eavesdropping techniques. This closed environment is a picture of Soviet society in miniature, and the psychological portraits of the characters - including Stalin himself - who occupy places at the two extremes of the repressive system, make up the whole range of human types and attitudes. This is a novel of exceptional merit, poignant and filled with horror." REBIS Publishing House.