Alexander Solzhenitsyn – One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – 1963 First Edition

A first edition, first printing in English of this renowned account of life in a Stalinist Gulag.

Set in an early 1950s labour camp, the publication was a landmark event in Soviet history as it was the first time an account of Stalinist repression had been widely distributed.

Published by Victor Gollancz in London in 1963, a year after the original Russian-language release of the book.

Translated from the Russian by Ralph Parker. Set in an early 1950s labour camp, the publication was a landmark event in Soviet history as it was the first time an account of Stalinist repression had been widely distributed.

In very good condition, original unclipped jacket. Bright and clean externally. Clean inside. A very nice example.