One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

"Drawing on his own experiences, the author writes of one day, from reveille to lights-out, in the prison existence of Ivan Denisovich Shukov. Innocent of any crime, he has been convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in one of Stalin's notorioius slave-labor compounds. The protagonist is a simple man trying to survive the brutality of a totalitarian system." Shapiro. Fic for Youth 3d edition.