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Cancer Ward, Part Two

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"Solženitsynin taide on kahdessa mielessä 'uutta'. Hän näyttää inhimillisen elämän Neuvostoliitossa saamia uusia piirteitä, uusia uria; ja hän on uudelleen ja persoonallisesti lähtenyt toteuttamaan venäläisen ajattelun ja romaanin suurta linjaa. Ei ole sattuma, että Jevtušenko jokin aika sitten puhuessaan Venäjän kirjallisuuden humanistisesta perinteestä mainitsi Puškinin ja Tolstoin rinnalla Solženitsynin ainoana elossa olevista Neuvostoliiton kirjailijoista." – Leo Lindeberg Parnassossa

"Solženitsyn on todella suuri ihminen ja suuri kirjailija. Hän jatkaa Venäjän suurten klassikoiden linjaa. Hän on kriittinen, mutta hän on ennen kaikkea inhimillinen. Hän on kokenut ja nähnyt liian paljon voidakseen vaieta kaikesta." – Tapani Lepola Satakunnan Kansassa

"Kaiken kaikkiaan Syöpäosasto on rehellinen ja inhimillinen, vaikuttavalla tavalla tosi kirja yhteiskunnasta ja ihmisten tarpeista. . . . Ilman muuta se on viime aikojen tärkeimpiä käännöskirjoja." – Kalevi Kalemaa Kansan Uutisissa

First published January 1, 1967

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Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

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also known as
Alexander Solzenitsyn (English, alternate)
Αλεξάντρ Σολζενίτσιν (Greek)

Works, including One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (1962) and The Gulag Archipelago (1973-1975), of Soviet writer and dissident Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1970, exposed the brutality of the labor camp system.

This known Russian novelist, dramatist, and historian best helped to make the world aware of the forced Gulag.

Exiled in 1974, he returned to Russia in 1994. Solzhenitsyn fathered of Ignat Solzhenitsyn, a conductor and pianist.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleksan...

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472 reviews55 followers
July 31, 2017
Gelukkig heb ik me niet laten tegenhouden door de niet zo wervende titel, de Russische naam van de auteur en het feit dat de Nederlandse uitgave van dit boek dateert uit de jaren stillekes, want dit boek is niet minder dan een pareltje.

Met hele fijne lijnen beschrijft de auteur de patiënten (en ook en passant wat familieleden, verplegers/verpleegsters en dokters) die tesamen in één kamer liggen in de kankerafdeling van een Russisch ziekenhuis. Het boek speelt zich af twee jaren na Stalins dood en de beschrijvingen van de personages geven heel wat historische informatie mee. Het is niet moeilijk in te zien dat de kanker in dit boek een allegorie is voor het communistisch regime, op het einde wordt het zelfs expliciet benoemd.

Het is fascinerend hoe een boek dat zo sterk tijds- en plaatsgebonden is, tegelijkertijd zo universeel het thema kanker behandelt en de lezer aanspreekt. In tegenstelling tot wat de titel doet vermoeden, is dit geen loodzwaar (typisch Russisch) boek, omdat het zo ontzettend menselijk is. Meerdere malen gaat het verhaal recht naar je hart, zonder ooit het zware melodrama op te zoeken. Het is een subtiel evenwicht dat Alexander Solzjenitsyn meesterlijk beheerst.
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December 25, 2017
I didn't finish off this book because by the time i got my hands on it I had already forgotten the names of all the characters and I couldn't be bothered to get back into it again, but it really was a great book, just like the first one. So my advice for anyone reading anything russian, is to write down the names of the characters and characteristics.
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2,228 reviews3 followers
February 9, 2018
Nun habe ich auch Band 2 ausgeliesen.
Sowie der 1. Teil sehr eindrucksvoll, aber ich fand es weniger interessant wegen die ausführlich beschriebenen (politischen oder literären) Gesprächen/Diskussionen.

Im ganzen war es sehr lesenshaft und interessant. Ich bin frohes nun endlich gelesen zu haben!
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226 reviews1 follower
May 12, 2019
Aleksander Solzhenitsyn Cancer Ward “an FSG classic”

Ms. Druga’s novel was a good fast read but Cancer Ward was a slower read but just as gripping. This only my second book by Mr. Solzhenitsyn I was 17 married and a father so elite schools were out for me and his books were pushed in those schools in the late 60’s. It is filled with
Mr. Solzhenitsyn’s dislike of the Russian leadership is motivation for his book and I found my self on google to clarify my mind on event I remembered from our reporters who were vehement in their hatred of Russia during the cold war between us. In my opinion our government officials were cowards for adding “In God We Trust” to our bills was was incomplete. They needed to add “All Others Pay Cash”. My mother kept repeating the phrase “better red than dead”. After completing this novel it only further showed me how ineffective their approach to National Governing is and why we need to remove Mr. Trump from governing any country.
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92 reviews13 followers
February 9, 2017
"-Păi, uite ce-i socialismul moral: oamenii să nu fie îndemnați să-și caute f e r i c i r e a, fiindcă și ea e tot un idol al pieței, „fericirea”! Ci înțelegerea reciprocă. Fericit este și animalul care-și sfârtecă prada, dar dragoste unul altuia nu-și pot purta decât oamenii! Și acesta este lucrul suprem accesibil oamenilor!...Fericirea e un miraj!" [Alexandr Soljenițîn]
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156 reviews11 followers
August 4, 2017
Not as good as the first one. I had a hard time trying to focus while reading it. I was expecting more in the ending, but at the same time it was an acceptable ending. Some parts it just drag on and on about a topic that made me lose interest.
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7 reviews
February 4, 2025
das buch is nen banger.
entlarvt extremst gewieft die systemprobleme der sowjetunion und die damit einhergehenden rollen, die ihren charakteren zugewiesen werden.
unbedingt beide teile lesen
(nur die seitenanzahl von good reads hat nicht mit denen meiner ausgabe übereingestimmt :( )
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