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"Cancer Ward" Author: [Russia] Alexander Solzhenitsyn Publisher: Yilin Press Original title: Раковый корпус
"Cancer Ward" Author: [Russia] Alexander Solzhenitsyn Publisher: Yilin Press Original title: Раковый корпус
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Introduction · · · · · ·
【Editor's recommendation】
1. "The Conscience of Russia" is Solzhenitsyn's representative work, a semi-autobiographical novel, and the main work for which Solzhenitsyn won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
With the moral power of his works, he inherited the indispensable tradition of Russian literature.
——Swedish Academy
2. A masterpiece that gives a glimpse into the tide of the times and provides insight into human nature.
The film shows a cross section of society in a confined space, and depicts the various aspects of life with a polyphonic structure. In the small cancer ward, regardless of status and past, everyone suffers a similar blow. The rivers of fate converge here, completing the collapse and reconstruction of the soul one after another. "Cancer Ward" is a group portrait work that condenses the good and evil of human nature, excavates the secrets of human mind and conscience, thinks about the root causes of social tragedy, and reflects on the changes of times and historical writing.
3. Completely revised, with a special list of the main characters in the book included.
【Celebrity reviews and recommendations】
A literary event of the first order.
——Times
One of the most moving works of Solzhenitsyn.
—Clifton Fediman
As Kierkegaard said, the combination of a master and a great theme constitutes "the good fortune of the historical process, the sacred combination of its many forces, the climax of the historical moment."
--Patricia Black, The New York Times Book Review
With the moral power of his works, he inherited the indispensable tradition of Russian literature.
——Swedish Academy
His life and works are so similar, so exemplary, and almost inseparable from each other.
--Harold Bloom
【Content introduction】
"The cancer ward is also called 'Building No. 13'". After more than a decade of military service and exile, Kostoglotov's cancer recurred, and he was admitted to the cancer ward after much difficulty until he was on the verge of death. After receiving radiotherapy, his condition gradually improved, but the next course of "hormone therapy" would make him lose his sexual ability. It was during the days of treatment in the cancer ward that love and desire reawakened in him. Strong lust, instinctive desire, became a symbol of vitality. The irreconcilable contradiction between the two made him extremely painful.
While showing Kostoglotov's pursuit of spiritual freedom, the author also describes his different fates and experiences, his roommates, attending physicians and others, their character formation and personality distortion, such as the scheming personnel cadre Rusanov, the young geologist Vadim, the ill-fated librarian Shulubin, the decisive and professional doctor Donzova and so on.
In the small cancer ward, the fate of everyone intersects here, completing the collapse and reconstruction of the soul one after another. "Cancer Ward" is a group portrait work that condenses the good and evil of human nature, thinking about the root causes of social tragedy, and reflecting on the changes of times and historical writing.
About the Author · · · · · ·
【About the Author】
Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn (1918-2008), an outstanding Russian writer, Nobel Prize winner in Literature, and academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, has made great achievements in many fields including literature, history, and linguistics.
From 1936 to 1941, he studied at the Department of Physics and Mathematics of Rostov University. During this period, he also studied at the correspondence department of Moscow Academy of Literature, History and Philosophy because of his love for literature. Not long after graduation, he enlisted in the army in October 1941. He served as an artillery company commander and was promoted from private to captain. He was awarded combat medals twice. Because he discussed Stalin in his correspondence with his friends, he was sentenced to eight years of labor reform. After serving his sentence, he was exiled to Kazakhstan and worked as a mathematics teacher there. During this period, he escaped from the clutches of cancer twice. In 1956, he returned to Russia and became more actively involved in literary creation. His first published novella "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" caused a sensation. After the publication of "The First Circle" and "Cancer Ward" in Western countries, his works caused a huge response. In 1970, he won the Nobel Prize in Literature and was hailed as "the conscience of Russia."
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