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Cold. Very cold. And as a reader, you are visiting a prison camp in Siberia for only one day. A lifetime or multi-year sentence is hard to process.
Shukhov (Ivan) has been sentenced to a labor camp in Siberia under Stalinist rule. It's a cold, brutal and dark existence. He's a practical man and doesn't spend a lot of time wishing for his past life or family. It is this practical and methodical personality that has allowed him to survive for so long in such tough conditions.
There is a definite soc ...more
Shukhov (Ivan) has been sentenced to a labor camp in Siberia under Stalinist rule. It's a cold, brutal and dark existence. He's a practical man and doesn't spend a lot of time wishing for his past life or family. It is this practical and methodical personality that has allowed him to survive for so long in such tough conditions.
There is a definite soc ...more
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