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In the First Circle (Russian: В круге первом, romanized: V kruge pervom; also published as The First Circle) is a novel by Russian writer Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, released in 1968. A more complete version of the book was published in English in 2009.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- 1968
Set in a sharashka, a prison for scientists and technologists, the novel explores the clash of ideas and beliefs in the Soviet system. The main character, Gleb Nerzhin, is a former Marxist who seeks his own path to humanity and justice amid the moral dilemmas and challenges of the Gulag.
In the First Circle was originally published as The First Circle in 1968, with nine chapters expurgated from the original manuscript; they are restored here. It's an epic, polyphonic story of life in the Soviet Union which unfolds across a few days in December 1949.
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- Paperback
Set in Moscow during a three-day period in December 1949, 'The First Circle' is the story of the prisoner Gleb Nerzhin, a brilliant mathematician. At the age of thirty-one, Nerzhin has survived the war years on the German front and the postwar years in a succession of Russian prisons and labor camps.
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Oct 13, 2009 · In this many-voiced, flashback-rich, philosophical, suspenseful, ironic, and wrenching tale, Solzhenitsyn interleaves the stories of a grand matrix of compelling characters (women are accorded particular compassion) trapped in a maze of toxic lies, torturous absurdities, and stark brutality.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- $21.99
- Harper Perennial
Referring to the schema of Dante’s Inferno, the title In the First Circle reflects the relatively privileged status of the inmates, including the protagonist Gleb Nerzhin, of a special Soviet prison.
May 19, 2022 · The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is locked away inside a Moscow prison that houses the country's brightest minds.
