A World Apart
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"A World Apart" is a memoir by Polish writer Gustaw Herling-Grudziński that recounts his harrowing experiences in a Soviet Gulag during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Holocaust and Gulag literature
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ |
| about |
Gustaw Herling-Grudziński’s imprisonment in a Soviet camp
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experiences of Polish prisoners in the USSR ⓘ |
| author | Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Poland ⓘ |
| describes |
conditions in Soviet labor camps
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moral choices under totalitarian rule ⓘ political prisoners in the USSR ⓘ psychological impact of imprisonment ⓘ |
| genre |
memoir
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political literature ⓘ prison literature ⓘ |
| hasNarrator | Gustaw Herling-Grudziński ⓘ |
| hasTranslation |
English
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other languages ⓘ |
| influenced | later Gulag memoir literature ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | 20th-century Polish literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance |
considered a classic work on the Soviet Gulag system
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one of the earliest detailed memoirs of Soviet labor camps by a Polish writer ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Gulag system
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surface form:
Soviet Gulag
World War II ⓘ forced labor camps ⓘ political repression in the Soviet Union ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critical portrayal of Soviet totalitarianism
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first-hand testimony of Gulag conditions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Polish ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
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The Gulag Archipelago ⓘ |
| setting |
Gulag system
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surface form:
Gulag labor camp
Soviet Union ⓘ |
| theme |
faith and morality
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human dignity ⓘ oppression ⓘ resistance to totalitarianism ⓘ suffering ⓘ survival ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
World War II
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early 1940s ⓘ |
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