Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Cancer Ward
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Book in Russian
“Cancer Ward” is a novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, written between 1963 and 1967 and based on the author’s personal experience being treated for cancer in a Tashkent hospital. The work depicts the patients of an oncology ward in a Soviet hospital, their fates, relationships, and struggles in the face of a mortal illness. Through the characters’ stories, the author explores moral and philosophical questions of life, death, freedom, and responsibility within the context of Soviet reality.
