A Soviet labour camp in the early 1950s It was written by Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn and published initially in a Soviet literary magazine. It pictured life under Stalinist repressions, the first such work to be openly distributed in the USSR.
Which play, and then novel, explores, through the 164-year-history of one family, a social system much criticised since the 19th century?
What is a common name for flying insects known for their extremely short life spans - one day in the adult winged stage - and emergence in large numbers in the summer months?
