One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780451523105 (0451523105)
Publish date: February 1st 1963
Publisher: Signet Classics
Pages no: 160
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Classic Literature,
20th Century,
Politics,
Russia,
Russian Literature
Shukhov gazed at the ceiling in silence. Now he didn’t know either whether he wanted freedom or not. At first he’d longed for it. Every night he’d counted the days of his stretch – how many had passed, how many were coming. And then he’d grown bored with counting. And then it became clear that men l...
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Really good flow, though the translation I had used really uneven tone, which may have been on purpose. A lot of the insults weren't appropriate anymore, so it sort of lacked a true abusive feeling. Made me depressed though!
This is the second time that I've read One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in less than a month. I first read the translation done by Max Hayward and Ronald Hingley, and found something lacking in the story, perhaps due to the translation. After reading this translation by H.T. Willetts, I believ...