One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about Ivan Denisovich, a falsely-convicted prisoner serving a ten-year sentence in the gulag, a forced labor camp. The book recounts the horrible conditions suffered by gulag prisoners: harsh punishments, extreme cold, lack of proper clothing, lack of food, brutal physical labor and sickness. Though Ivan Denisovich wakes up sick and is punished, then sent off to work, he survives the day and even goes to bed feeling OK.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Aleksandr Solzhenitsyns Faith Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn is a professed Christian However according to some critics this does not necessarily make his writings Christian Schmemann 39 Biblical principles can clearly be identified in One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich They can be seen through Solzhenitsyns views on the world as a divine creation the nature of evil and faith in the future The Christian faith is rooted in the belief that God created everything