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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
- 741 pp.
- 1968
- 1968 (In the West), 1990 USSR
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.
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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- Paperback
4.36. 1,545 ratings226 reviews. Notice: "In the First Circle" and "The First Circle": "In The First Circle" is 200pp longer; "The first circle" is a censored and abridged version. The thrilling cold war masterwork by the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, published in full for the first time.
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- Paperback
Oct 13, 2009 · First written between 1955 and 1958, In the First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes—including nine full chapters—were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968.
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- $21.99
- Harper Perennial
In the First Circle, novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, titled in Russian V kruge pervom. The original manuscript, reflecting Solzhenitsyn’s own imprisonment, was 96 chapters long when completed in 1958, but, hoping to avoid censorship, the author deleted 9 chapters.
First written between 1955 and 1958, In the First Circle is Solzhenitsyn's fiction masterpiece. In order to pass through Soviet censors, many essential scenes--including nine full chapters--were cut or altered before it was published in a hastily translated English edition in 1968.
- Aleksandr I Solzhenitsyn
