{"product_id":"cancer-ward-a-novel-fsg-classics","title":"Cancer Ward: A Novel (FSG Classics) \/ by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn","description":"\u003cp\u003eFSG, 1991. Trade paperback. Minor edge wear. VG. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCancer Ward\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e examines the relationship of a group of people in the cancer ward of a provincial Soviet hospital in 1955, two years after Stalin's death. We see them under normal circumstances, and also reexamined at the eleventh hour of illness. Together they represent a remarkable cross-section of contemporary Russian characters and attitudes. The experiences of the central character, Oleg Kostoglotov, closely reflect the author's own: Solzhenitsyn himself became a patient in a cancer ward in the mid-1950s, on his release from a labor camp, and later recovered. Translated by Nicholas Bethell and David Burg.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desierto Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56315709980838,"sku":null,"price":9.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/3465\/5654\/files\/cancerward.webp?v=1774153448","url":"https:\/\/249f2c-1b.myshopify.com\/products\/cancer-ward-a-novel-fsg-classics","provider":"DESIERTO BOOKS","version":"1.0","type":"link"}