One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: To the End

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2023

⏱️ 60 minutes

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What is the purpose of Alyosha? Is Shukov a hero? Is there a specific moral vision at the core of this story? What is the nature of symbolism in the narrative? Join David, Heidi, and Tim as they dig into these (and other) questions about Alexksandr Solzhenitsyn’s important novel. Happy listening!

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0:00.0	Hey there, I'm David Kern.
0:04.1	I'm Heidi White.
0:05.6	And I'm Tim McIntosh.
0:07.1	You're listening to Close Reads, a podcast for the In-Cureware Reader on which we are discussing
0:11.7	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhen.
0:16.2	This is one of two episodes that we're going to do on this, not including the Q&A.
0:21.6	So today we are going to discuss the second half of one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich. There's lots to talk
0:27.3	about, but first, Heidi, how are you? I'm doing great. I'm in Florida for a wedding, and the weather's
0:32.4	perfect, and we're having a great time, so I'm really, really happy. So you're like in an Airbnb right now.
0:38.8	Is it looking over the beach?
0:41.4	It's not quite on the water.
0:43.2	We have to walk like two blocks to the beach.
0:45.5	But it's really cool little town, seaside, Florida.
0:49.0	And this is a long-awaited wedding for some of our good family friends that are getting married a little bit
0:56.2	later in life found each other in their middle years.
0:59.7	It's just a really happy occasion.
1:01.3	So we're very excited.
1:02.8	Everybody there, kids are there with you?
1:04.3	Yeah, that's right.
1:05.8	The whole fam.
1:06.7	Little family vacay included.
1:08.8	Exactly.
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