false <![CDATA[Cancer Ward]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173169374m/254316.jpg 254316 27 One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, <b>Cancer Ward</b> is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illness and a brilliant dissection of the &#8220;cancerous&#8221; Soviet police state. 3202343 1961 Cancer Ward total:921|5:372|4:353|3:170|2:22|1:4| 921 3830 1500 92 4 18 false false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 04 12:47:03 -0700 2008 Wed May 27 11:44:48 -0700 2009 Cancer Ward … hmmm… Oh, Cancer Ward….

What was I expecting from you? Certainly not a frolicky day in the park… no Maurice Chevalier dance routines. Nope. I can’t say I was duped.

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"The novel is set in a hospital in Soviet Uzbekistan in the 1950s. As the title hints, the plot focuses on a group of cancer patients as they undergo therapy. The novel deals with Political theories, mortality and hope, themes that are often explored either through ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 09 20:52:58 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 21:41:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2004 Wed May 06 18:10:59 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 18:19:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Apr 18 01:47:38 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 01:49:19 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 01 15:59:16 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 15:28:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Mar 22 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 11 16:38:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 15:55:05 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Feb 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 10:09:40 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 09:50:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Mar 16 08:12:28 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 16 08:12:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 10:47:02 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 08:28:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 17:40:38 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 04 18:58:32 -0700 2009 1
I don't know what it is about Russian novels. They seem to pack a lifetime of philosophy and psychology into one hell of a page-turner. Solzhenitsyn's characters are extremely intriguing, fro...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jan 31 13:59:18 -0800 2009 Fri Aug 21 11:36:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 01 15:24:53 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 09 01:54:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Aug 27 09:05:27 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 05:50:38 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 09:05:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 14 04:49:39 -0700 2008 Thu May 21 23:32:56 -0700 2009 1 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, upon which I wrote a frustrating and rather dull essay entitled 'Past and Present in the Works of Solzhenitsyn and Chekhov', or something of that genre.

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