Oleg Kostoglotov arrives at Ward 13 after years of exile, carrying the scars of imprisonment and the fear of what his cancer diagnosis will mean.
Taking place in the Soviet Union in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, Cancer Ward gathers patients from across society in a provincial hospital. Former Party officials lie beside political exiles, each confronting illness while reckoning with the compromises demanded under Stalinist repression.
As treatments strip away pride and certainty, Oleg questions the loyalty, silence and fear that shaped his life in the camps. Conversations in the ward expose betrayal, survival, and the moral cost of obedience.
As post-Stalin historical fiction, Cancer Ward turns a hospital into a portrait of a wounded state, revealing how political terror lingers long after the dictator's death.
'Solzhenitsyn is one of the towering figures of the age, as a writer, as moralist, as hero' Edward Crankshaw
| ISBN: | 9780099575511 |
| Publication date: | 1st May 2003 |
| Author: | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn |
| Publisher: | Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 569 pages |
| Series: | Vintage Classics |
| Genres: |
Classic fiction: general and literary Modern and Contemporary Fiction Narrative theme: Social issues |
Oleg Kostoglotov arrives at Ward 13 after years of exile, carrying the scars of imprisonment and the fear of what his cancer diagnosis will mean.Taking place in the Soviet Union in 1956 during the Khrushchev Thaw, Cancer Ward gathers patients from across society in a provincial hospital. Former Party officials lie beside political exiles, each confronting illness while reckoning with the compromises demanded under Stalinist repression.As treatments strip away pride and certainty, Oleg questions the loyalty, silence and fear that shaped his life in the camps.
Cancer Ward features in the following genres: Classic fiction: general and literary, Modern and Contemporary Fiction, Narrative theme: Social issues
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Cancer Ward was written by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and published by Vintage Classics an imprint of Random House
Cancer Ward has 569 pages
Yes it is part of Vintage Classics series
£11.69, reduced from £12.99. In Stock.