A World Apart

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Summary: Recommended
Review: A World Apart is reminiscent of A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovitch. Where A Day in the Life... is defined by a mood of monotony and despair, A World Apart provides greater detail in the events defining the two year prison existence of Gustaw Herling.

The book is beautifully written and completely unsentimental. There are no lessons in the power of the human spirit. It is the men who do not cling to hope who have a chance of survival. Hope means recognizing the obliqueness of the present situation. This knowledge is what brings despair and death.

This is the most graphic account I have read of the gulags. Gustaw manages to step back from the events taking place and with out sentiment or condemnation report. Herling writes that inhumane conditions will change the behavior of those individuals affected. Some of the prisoners actions can be explained in light of this. Highly recommended.

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Summary: Wanna understand what hell of Communism is? Read it.
Review: It's the book, which should be read by evryone who wants to understnd what hell is. It's a book about the hell of Russia, the hell of Communism. The wrost thing is that it was all truth... Everybody who want understand why we are like that should read it...

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