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- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, By: Alexander SolzhenitsynSolzhenitzyn's autobiographical description of one random day in the infamous Russian forced labor camp prison system, the Gulag.
Book Review of The Gulag ArchipelagoNever turgid, the narrative does not suffer the outcome of many historical texts where readers are bogged down with dates and irrelevant detail.
Movie Review: The Way Back Blu-rayIn 1942 seven prisoners escaped a Siberian Gulag and walked 4,000 miles to freedom, four of the survivors actually made it India while one returned to the United States.- The Way Back: A Movie ReviewI examine this movie and provide my thoughts on this 2 hour slog through Asia.
- Movie Review :: The Way Back (2011) (PG-13)Peter Weir's surprisingly weak World War II story adapted from an autobiography of questionable authenticity.
- Optimism in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander SolzhenitsynThis brief essay examines how Solzhenitsyn contends that a man could survive a Soviet prison camp without losing his soul.
- Knock, Knock. Who's There?Gaston Leroux wants his mask back.
