This novel's protagonist learns about the three patterns used by trendy carpet-dyers in a letterfrom his wife and recalls having to choose between leather boots and felt valenki.
This novel's protagonist learns about the three patterns used by trendy carpet-dyers in a letterfrom his wife and recalls having to choose between leather boots and felt valenki. One character inthis novel is a joker named Kilgas who aids the protagonist in carrying a roll of tar-paper to thePower Station. Its protagonist owns an aluminum (*) spoon with "Ust-Izhma" scratched on it. Anothercharacter in this novel, the Captain, debates film with an intellectual who receives food packages from hisfamily. The protagonist, his roommate Alyosha the Baptist, and the aforementioned Caesar Markovich areamong the members of Gang 104 in this novel. For 10 points, name this novel about the gulag experiencesof a certain Mr. Shukhov, a work of Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn.
This novel's protagonist learns about the three patterns used by trendy carpet-dyers in a letterfrom his wife and recalls having to choose between leather boots and felt valenki.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich [or Odin den' Ivana Denisovicha; or One Day of Ivan Denisovich; do not accept "A Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"]