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Cancer Ward by Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Cancer Ward about?
Cancer Ward examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. We see them under normal circumstances, and also reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. Together they represent a remarkable cross-section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes. The experiences of the central character, Oleg Kostoglotov, closely reflect the author's own: Solzhenitsyn himself became a patient in a cancer ward in the mid-1950s, on his release from a labor camp, and later recovered. Translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg.
Who reads Cancer Ward?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Poetry, Fiction, American Poetry
- Rating
- 4.19 / 5 (35 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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