ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH: BOOK DISCUSSION & MOVIE

As part of the year-long celebration of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s 100^th birthday, on Feb. 13 (Tuesday)  at noon there will be a book discussion and showing of the movie “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” at the Fletcher Library in Ludlow. In the madness of World War II, a dutiful Russian soldier is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years in a Siberian labor camp. So begins this masterpiece of modern Russian fiction, a harrowing account of a man who has conceded to all things evil with dignity and strength."  Barnes and Noble

Solzhenitsyn’s only publication in Russia before his exile, “One Day in the Life” alerted the world to the existence of the “gulags.” Winner of the Nobel Prize in literature, Solzhenitsyn was exiled from Russia in 1974 and lived 18 of his 20 years in exile in Cavendish, VT where he wrote “The Red Wheel.”

Margo Caulfield, Director of the Cavendish Historical Society and author of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: The Writer Who Changed History will be leading the discussion.

The Library is located at 88 Main St., Ludlow VT. Those attending are asked to please use the rear entrance of the library, which is adjacent to the parking area.  FMI: 228-8921