Cancer case

Alexander Solzhenitsyn - Russian writer, publicist, public figure, Nobel laureate in literature ("for moral power with which he continued the traditions of great Russian literature", 1970), laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for outstanding achievements in the field of humanitarian activities (2006) , academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
The story "Cancer Corps" is one of the peaks of Russian prose of the twentieth century - about sick oncological dispensary in the Central Asian city (Tashkent), including exiles. Bowing with the disease. Attempts to comprehend life and death. The public situation after the death of Stalin, when the country seemed to have become consciousness after a terrible illness. In the heroes of the story, inhabiting one hospital ward, the pain and hopes of Russia are embodied