Cancer Ward

A terrible disease brought together completely different characters in a dirty and overcrowded hospital ward. They are an exile, an official, a young scientist, a builder, and even a schoolboy, engaging in ideological disputes among themselves and fighting against death. The novella is based on the personal experiences of Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918–2008) and raises profound philosophical questions about human existence. First published abroad in 1968, the book was a huge success and became one of the factors in awarding the author the Nobel Prize.