![]() ![]() He shares some qualities with Solzhenitsyn, though not as many as The First Circle’s Gleb Nerzhin. One character, Oleg Kostoglotov, rises in significance above any other. ![]() Cancer Ward and The First Circle appeared in the West in 1968 to critical acclaim.Ĭancer Ward, like The First Circle, is autobiographical in inspiration, presents a cross-section of society within a place of confinement, and uses the polyphonic structure to emphasize character rather than plot. When this attempt failed, his standing as an author acceptable to the Soviet authorities ended. After the sensational success of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Solzhenitsyn tried to get Cancer Ward published. ![]()
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