The Love-Girl and the Innocent, (Paperback)

from jonfaith

Comrade Stalin was quite right. He said, "Personnel selection is decisive. People are our most valuable capital." I want that slogan up in the camp yard.Unlike our pantomime morality dramas where there are villains of the first order, a Platonic form of Evil -- what this play depicts is that ever...

from whitewavedarling

This is a rough read, and in the end, I have to suggest that seeing it on stage would be a better prospect than trying to get through the text (and no, I don't recommend that for every play). There are so many different scenes and characters, though, that it's hard to keep track even for someone ...

from HadriantheBlind

It's always tough to read a play instead of seeing it. I usually imagine myself watching the play, and that works pretty well.Life in the camps, Solzhenitsyn's specialty. Idealism and compromise in prison. A bit hard to follow as a play, but still good stuff.