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Solzhenitsyn's first book, this economical, relentless novel is one of the most forceful artistic indictments of political oppression in the Stalin-era Soviet Union. The simply told story of a typical, grueling day of the titular character's life in a labor camp in Siberia, is a modern classic of Russian literature and quickly cemented Solzhenitsyn's international reputation upon publication in 1962. It is painfully apparent that Solzhenitsyn himself spent time in the gulags--he was imprisoned for nearly a decade as punishment for making derogatory statements about Stalin in a letter to a friend.
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The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
First published in the Soviet journal Novy Mir in 1962, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich stands as a classic of contemporary literature. The story of labor-camp inmate Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, it graphically describes his struggle to maintain his dignity in the face of communist oppression. An unforgettable portrait of the entire world of Stalin's forced work camps, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is one of the most extraordinary literary documents to have emerged from the Soviet Union and confirms Solzhenitsyn's stature as "a literary genius whose talent matches that of Dosotevsky, Turgenev, Tolstoy"--Harrison Salisbury
This unexpurgated 1991 translation by H. T. Willetts is the only authorized edition available and fully captures the power and beauty of the original Russian.
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I really enjoyed this book, even though I got it for class........2007-09-14
I had to get this book for some college history class that I took, and didn't get around to reading it untill months after I was supposed to. Once I picked it up, it was hard to put down. There's something inspiring about it, as well as frightening. A good insight into the scary Soviet era.
Other Books.......2007-09-03
Ivan Denisovich is sent as a prisoner to a Siberian gulag. This book details his experiences there, and the mindset he has to get into to survive the incredibly harsh weather conditions, the minimal amount of food and supplies, and his own fellow prisoners. A bleak look at what one man did to get through, at the time.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.......2007-08-09
One Day In The Life Of Ivan Denisovich written by Alexander Solzhenitsyn is an incredible book. The book takes place in a Siberian Labor camp during World War II. The main character Ivan Denisovich has been in the camp for a very long time. He starts to think that he will never be liberated from the camp.
The book of 139 pages only covers one day in the life of Ivan Denisovich, this takes you through an entire day that is very stressful and hard on the characters in the book. Denisovich has many troubles throughout the one day. Throughout the day he moves up and starts getting more responsibilities like being in charge of the building of the wall. His squad leader Turin makes the life of the prisoners so much easier for example on roll call he never makes them stand out in the cold longer than they have to be. That shows true character to me by being so nice to the prisoners and not treating them like their scum. Overall this is a must read book and it truly amazing.
Mindfulness in the mêlée.......2007-08-04
Forty-year-old forced labor camp worker Ivan Denisovich Shukhov, aka prisoner number S-854, heads out to work eight years into his sentence on a cold day in January 1951 as the novel begins. A bit under the weather, he tries to avoid work by getting one of the two permitted sick call slots. But with his temperature a virtually normal 99.2 degrees, he resigns himself to another day working in the frigid northern Siberia weather. "The air was 17 below, he was 99 above. The battle between them was on." During the prisoner's day, the story of which Introduction author Jacques Katel writes, "It is not a fictional account. The author, for eight years an inmate of similar camps, speaks from knowledge. He speaks the truth," Shukov's swirling thoughts are of a variety of topics: how he became incarcerated in the first place--an escaped German POW who reached his own lines, his countrymen would rather believe he was a spy than a successful escapee, thus he was imprisoned for treason; his fellow prisoners; the food; the work; the weather; the routines of his so-called life. Sounds routine and ordinary, but through the masterful skill of Solzhenitsyn, whose original 95,000 copies published originally in Novy Mir in November 1962 "sold out in a few minutes," even the most mundane happenings, like Shukov's mindful consumption of his meager rations, are brilliant. One Day is a masterful and exceedingly important story. Just as good but many times longer: The Gulag Archipelago. Fantastic short stories on the subject: Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Tales. Great memoirs: Man is Wolf to Man by Janusz Bardach and Kathleen Gleeson and Journey into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Semyonovna Ginzburg. Background information on the camps: Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum.
The longest day of your life.......2007-07-21
The day begins and ends in darkness and cold. The goal for the day is an extra dollop of soup , a few more minutes by the fire, a choice spot on a work detail. What you once were means nothing to who you are now. You are standing next to Ivan Denisovich , stay next to him , and survive.
That first little bit sounds pretentious , but it's kind of like the emotional tone I got from the book... What I liked about the novel is it's clear , simple and straight-away style. It brings the reader right into the action and doesn't waste time moralizing on the evils of Communism. It's the story itself that brings that messsage to you. A classic.
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The terrifying story of an almost unbelievable man-made hell; the Soviet work camps, and of one man's heroic struggle to survive in the face of the most determined efforts to destroy him; a scathing indictment of Communist tyranny that has shaken the whole Soviet world.
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The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format.
In CliffsNotes on One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, you explore the short book that established Alexander Solzhenitsyn's reputation and instantly placed him on the master list of human rights advocates. It describes a typical day in the life of an inmate in the Siberian prison camps of Stalinist Soviet Union.
This study guide carefully documents the ordeal of prisoner S-854 through his ten-year sentence in the Gulag. You'll find a summary and critical analyses of each section of the novel, and explore the life and background of the author, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, and gain insight into how he came to write the novel. Other features that help you study include
- Character analyses of major and minor players
- A history of the Gulag prison system and what crimes could get people sentenced to them
- Critical essays on levels of meaning in the novel and narrative perspective
- A review section that tests your knowledge
- Suggested theme topics and a selected bibliography
Classic literature or modern modern-day treasure — you'll understand it all with expert information and insight from CliffsNotes study guides.
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In regard to previous review...........2000-03-14
Cliff Notes is not intended to be used as a substitute for reading a work. It is an AIDE to help a reader better grasp the ideas. If you're smart enough to be reading works like this, maybe you would've been smart enough to know this. Or maybe you're some smartass kid.
Good, but can't hold a candle to Solhenitsyn's other works........1999-08-19
None of the usual character depth that usually definines Solhenitsyn. All in all, worth the read, much better if you have some knowledge in Russian history.
Do you really need cliff's FOR THIS?.......1999-06-08
Don't deny yourself the pleasure of experiencing this work. Take the time to read. Let's stop this nonsensical quick-fix philosophy.....
very impressive.......1999-04-02
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a book everyone should read at least once.......2007-01-04
Alexander Solzhenytsin first burst on to the literary scene in this harrowing autobiographical novel based on his own experiences as a prisoner on a Siberian gulag after World War II. It was published in 1962 with the personal authorization of Soviet Premier Nikita Krushchev. Ironically, it was the last time Solzhenytsin would enjoy such official sanction. Almost immediately the lid came down on him. It's easy to see why. This book shows just how rotten, vile, hypocritical, and thoroughly despicable Stalinist Russia really was, and anyone die-hard Marxist who argues the contrary needs his eyes opened. Ironically, the book's publication in 1962 was taken as proof that the Soviet Union had changed, and Communist Parties in the west were among its most enthusiastic supporters. Solzhenitsyn writes in a spare, colloquial style, with liberal use of obscenity and slang, taking us through a typical day in the life of a typical prisoner. There is no torture or undue brutality, just back-breaking labor and no personal freedom. Although the Soviet empire crumbled in the early 1990s, it's easy to see that Solzhenitsyn's message is as pertinent today as ever, especially in the aftermath of Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo. This is a book everyone should read at least once, whatever their ideology.
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3 cassettes, unabridged, read by Frank Muller
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Surviving in a frozen hell.......2005-07-15
Solzhenitsyn's masterpiece, telling the story of the Siberian labor camps by describing a single day in the life of a prisoner, has not lost its power or immediacy after the fall of the regime that inspired it. The Soviet empire may have proved impermanent. But it should not surprise us that Solzhenitsyn's tale of human endurance in the frigid sub-Arctic has outlived it.
Told from the perspective of Ivan Denisovich, sentenced to 10 years because he had the bad form to be captured by the Germans in WWII, the book describes in delicious detail the way prisoners accommodated to their bleak existences. A small favor here, sharing a bit a bread there, secreting a bit of metal, constant edging out the others for a tiny advantage -- such was the continual fight for enough to eat, snarling at a fool, avoiding punishment and just getting along in the world's most forbidding environment. Prisoners relied on their natural cunning and resilience to make it through the unbearable days -- setting their own work goals rather than submitting to the orders of guards, conniving with each other, outwitting the lesser endowed and employing mental tricks to win tiny victories known only to themselves.
"One Day" is equally a paean to the human spirit as it is an indictment of the mindset that could force human beings to exist in such marginal and inhospitable places.
The book is wonderfully fleshed out by Frank Muller's narration. Muller's pace is almost too quick, but that may be an artifact (in pre-CD 1982) of needing to fit the story into 3 cassettes.
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn was an unknown author until the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" in 1962, the book that was to win him the Nobel Prize in 1970. It is an account of a barely literate Russian peasant's surviving a single day in one of Stalin's labour camps. It depicted the intricacies and resilience of the human spirit in a style comparable with Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. This study gauges the political and literary impact that the book has made in Russia and abroad, and examines its more universal, intrinsic qualities
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich : A Unit Plan (Litplans on CD)
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Complete lesson plans for teaching Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. Includes introduction to the unit, unit objectives, reading assignments, unit outline, study questions (short answer), study/quiz questions (multiple choice), vocabulary worksheets, daily lessons planned, related nonfiction reading assignment, oral reading evaluation, biographical info about the author, three detailed writing assignments (inform, persuade, personal opinion), vocabulary review games & activities, unit review games & activities, at least one group activity assignment, discussion questions on all levels (factual, critical, interpretive, personal response), 2 short answer unit tests, 2 multiple choice unit tests, 1 advanced short answer unit test, unit and vocabulary crossword puzzles, unit and vocabulary extra worksheets & games, bulletin board ideas, ready-to-copy student materials, answer keys, and more!
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V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the U.K. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the coloring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skillfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. --Mark Thwaite
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V for Vendetta is, like its author's later Watchmen, a landmark in comic-book writing. Alan Moore has led the field in intelligent, politically astute (if slightly paranoid), complex adult comic-book writing since the early 1980s. He began V back in 1981 and it constituted one of his first attempts (along with the criminally neglected but equally superb Miracleman) at writing an ongoing series. It is 1998 (which was the future back then!) and a Fascist government has taken over the U.K. The only blot on its particular landscape is a lone terrorist who is systematically killing all the government personnel associated with a now destroyed secret concentration camp. Codename V is out for vengeance ... and an awful lot more. V feels slightly dated like all past premonitions do. The original series was black and white and that added to the grittiness of the feel while the coloring here in the graphic novel sometimes blurs David Lloyd's fine drawing. But these are small concerns. Skillfully plotted, V is an essential read for all those who love comics and the freedom, as a medium, they allow a writer as skilled as Moore. --Mark Thwaite
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A va-va-va-very good read!.......2007-09-12
We are closing in on the 20th anniversary of this wonderful work. Written in1988, and placed 10 years in the futures, "V for Vendetta" is a story of a world torn apart by global war and controlled by fascism and technology. Into this dystopic universe comes a mysterious figure - dressed ludicrously as a 17th century dandy with thigh-high boots, page-boy-style wig and an ever-smiling ceramic mask. Calling himself "V," the hero is a difficult figure. Standing for good, he is brutally violent. Standing for freedom, he imprisons. Standing for free will, he manipulates and holds secrets. V is a master schemer who slips effortlessly through the cracks of his world, trying to wake up the population to oppose the tyranny that provides them comfort and security.
"V for Vendetta" is a complex work, and hard to understand on the first pass. There are at least a dozen main characters, some of whom age and grow over the course of the book. The comic book style was never one for subtlety, and I found it hard to recognize the characters from page to page. Yet I was unwilling to slow down to get my bearings. A second reading will be needed to straighten out al the characters and their relationships but it will be a pleasure to put in he work.
"V" maintains a very fast pace. Every page explodes with new twists, new surprises and new energy. The book is quite violent, with bombings and shootings throughout. There is a small amount of nudity, and several scenes from a "girlie" dance review, but these fit the story line and aren't completely gratuitous. A dictatorship that thrives on controlling its populace would not stint at "merely" exploiting its women.
"V" is terrific. Its hero is complicated, yet always courageous and cunning. Its values lie on the right side of the divide of tyranny versus freedom, its message is timeless and its delivery is superb. A must-read.
Graphic SF Reader.......2007-09-03
At at time when war has caused problems for much of the world, the English have elected leadership from a far right religious part. Bad mistake.
This group takes over and moves quickly to totalitarianism, deciding that Orwell's Big Brother is a pretty good plan. Anyone different is rounded up, and dissenters are disappeared.
One of their experiments has gone slightly wrong, and a man is now in a position to do something about it, especially with the superhuman talents he now possesses.
The main focus is on the responsibilities of government to the people, and the people's responsibility to eliminate their bad governments through violence, is necessary. When does anarchy become revolution, and how far do you go to gain allies and aid in the process.
great product, great read.......2007-08-07
the product was shipped quickly and the quality of the binding and print was great. the story and art are very intriguing!
I love Alan Moore novels!.......2007-07-29
Alan Moore is an amazing political writer. If you liked the movie you'll like the book.
v for vendetta.......2007-06-27
one of the best comic books made if you are a comic book you have to read this
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A comprehensive behind-the-scenes chronicle of the movie V for Vendetta, which is based on the popular cult graphic novel of the same name. V for Vendetta: From Script to Film will contain production ephemera including: storyboard art, character sketches, original script, still photos, and art from the original graphic novel. V for Vendetta: From Script to Film will also contain observations by reclusive producers the Wachowski brothers, cast members including Natalie Portman, Hugo Weaving, John Hurt, and Stephen Rea, and various other film crew. V for Vendetta: From Script to Film is sure to appeal to new comic book fans and diehard collectors alike.
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Awesome for fanatics.......2007-05-08
This book is a real treasure if you are enamored with the film! When you just can't get enough, it gives you a play by play of the whole script, side notes, and facts about scenes and the making of them. The pages are wonderful along with the pictures. I would highly recommend this collectable book for true V fanatics at heart!
Great book for a great film.......2007-01-10
Great book containing the shooting script with director's notes and hundreds of stills. The last third of the book contains artwork and storyboards and how they were transformed into film, complete with explaining notes by the film's makers. Poster gallery and credits included. All color photos and artwork, high quality print, great book on this great film!
Makes an excellent souvenier!.......2006-12-28
Has the full shooting script. Lots of behind the scenes stuff.
THICK, glossy pages (the kind you sort of get a high from, from such heavy gloss fumes).
Wonderful artwork from the film!!!! Mock movie posters and the print posters. All very nice.
A must have if you're a fan of the film!
Depicting Dissent With A Cinematic Vengeance........2006-08-29
(from an extended feature, copyright 2006 Michael F. Hopkins)
Few literary masterworks offer more narrative wonder,
and more frustration to adapt to the silver screen,
than the socioculturally-charged V FOR VENDETTA by
writer Alan Moore and illustrator David Lloyd. Its
mix of Fascist horror, Romantic adventure, and
Science Fiction contemplation, has thrilled readers
of Sequential literature and a world of enthusiasts
for over 20 years.
The questions posed by its pages, particularly the
point at which Terrorism becomes the State, or the
crucible in which Dissent can be compelled to fashion
the tools of Rebellion from the State's own Terror,
still await finer resolutions in the trouble-torn
world of the Here and Now.
As ambivalent as the tones of a William Blake painting,
V FOR VENDETTA strikes as aggressively for the souls
and minds of thinking, caring people who refuse to
settle for any quick emotion, and easy answer.
These are the focused aims superbly met by the wondrous
film from the shapers of THE MATRIX Trilogy. Larry and
Andy Wachowski spent many years forging their prodigious
script, and director James McTeigue brings the momentous
tale to stunning life.
Not a word-for-word adaptation of what is perhaps Alan
Moore's signature work, the film masterfully embraces
Moore's questing spirit; holding true to the original
author's vision while imbuing the film with a life and
character all its own. Its myriad inquiries into the
nature of Faith and Wisdom in a bigoted World run by
Lust without Ethics, and Reason gone mad without Virtue,
mark the cinematic V FOR VENDETTA as a classic tale of
the Human spirit prevailing against all odds.
Those who love to look within the shaping of such
presentations would do well to purchase V FOR VENDETTA:
FROM SCRIPT TO FILM, a handsome coffee-table book
(Hardcover, as well as paperback) from Rizzoli's
Universe Publishing which offers the film's complete
shooting script, a wealth of photos and pre-production
art from the movie, along with invaluable insights from
director McTeigue himself.
Edited by Spencer Lamm (who edited THE ART OF THE MATRIX)
and Sharon Bray, the volume is a massive tribute to the
power of gifted artistry; crossing idioms to make even
broader points to ever-growing audiences with unimpeachable integrity.
If there continues to be confusion regarding author Moore's
disavowing of such a landmark adaptation of his work, it
is hoped that this volume will make the adaptation's
worthiness crystal clear, beyond any shadow of a doubt.
Perhaps only Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh, and Phillipa
Boyens (LORD OF THE RINGS) along with Ray Bradbury
(John Huston's MOBY DICK) had a more imposing task of
adaptation.
Those who admire both the Literary original and the
Hugo Weaving-Natalie Portman tour de force can respect
-if not agree with- author Moore's disavowal of film
adaptations. By the very breath, one can only hope that
the excellence of this motion picture -ably reflected
by this book- will earn Mr. Moore's respect, in turn.
Differences between parties notwithstanding, the film
is a masterpiece; one which ably complements the book
from which it came. Each holds wonders for all. Time
for the idiomatic skirmishes to end.
Come in, and be enlightened.
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REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER
Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy: a world of the not-too-distant future, in which freedom was not lost, but surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime that rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.
This is the setting for the parable of Evey, a young woman who is saved from death by a masked man calling himself only V. Beguiling and dangerous, V ignites the fuse of revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to wake up and shed the blanket of tyranny and oppression in which they have permitted themselves to be cloaked.
While those in power take steps to neutralize the threat, the police pursue the mystery of V, unaware of the terrible truth that awaits them at the end of the trail. It is Evey, however, who, with V as her enigmatic guide, sets out on the most painful path of all: a journey of deception and self-discovery, deconstruction and re-creation, vindication and vengeance.
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"REMEMBER, REMEMBER THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy: a world of the not-too-distant future, in which freedom was not lost, but surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime that rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses. This is the setting for the parable of Evey, a young woman who is saved from death by a masked man calling himself only V. Beguiling and dangerous, V ignites the fuse of revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to wake up and shed the blanket of tyranny and oppression in which they have permitted themselves to be cloaked. While those in power take steps to neutralize the threat, the police pursue the mystery of V, unaware of the terrible truth that awaits them at the end of the trail. It is Evey, however, who, with V as her enigmatic guide, sets out on the most painful path of all: a journey of deception and self-discovery, deconstruction and re-creation, vindication and vengeance.
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Excellent Book.......2007-10-07
Put simply this is an excellent story. People will argue semantics over whether the graphic novel, novel adaptation, or live action film is better. I personally have only seen the movie and read the novel. Both were excellent. The book fleshes out what the movie could not. The novel contains a profound message, and is well worth reading. If you are in to comics, then buy the graphic novel. If you don't read, and only watch film adaptations, then watch the movie. Whatever you decide on, the story is well worth a read. Now, I am off to find this graphic novel everyone is so hyped up about.
Super Reader.......2007-08-30
This book is actually very good. It is great to have V as a point of view character at times, such as when he sees the unconscious Evey in Jordan Towers, or confronting Creedy underground.. This may well be one of the best 'tie-in' efforts ever produced.
Some of the political and other history related to countries other than England is given more detail in the novel.
Novel of the Film.......2007-01-10
After seeing the movie, V for Vendetta, and instantly becoming a fan, I bought this novel to read. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, finding it to be very well written and comprehensive. It is very like the film, with some small differences, details that allowed me more insight into the characters, particularly V and Evey. If you loved the film as I did, I would definitely recommend this novel.
Okay........2007-01-04
Not bad. A Little better than the movie (the emotions in it seemed a bit flat, plus copied the book 95% in scenes and script).
A big disappointment.......2006-04-07
Alan Moore wrote the graphic novel. This is a novelization of the filmscript. The graphic novel is one of the finest examples of the genre. This is uninspired, derivative and dull!
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Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy, a world of the not-too-distant future in which freedom has been surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime which rose to power by exploiting the people's worst fears and most damning weaknesses.
This is the setting for the parable of Evey, a young woman saved from death by a masked man calling himself V. Beguiling and dangerous, V ignites the fuse of revolution when he urges his fellow citizens to shed the blanket of tyranny and oppression that they have permitted themselves to be cloaked in. While those in power take steps to neutralize the threat, police pursue the mystery of V, unaware of the terrible truth that awaits them. But it is Evey who, with V as her enigmatic guide, sets out on the painful path of deception and self-discovery, deconstruction and re-creation, vindication and vengeance.
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V for Very Good.......2006-05-12
V for Vendetta (9.5 hours, eight CDs, Unabridged, Blackstone Audio) is the spoken word version of the novelization of the movie script based upon the DC comics graphic novel (DON"T ASK ME TO REPEAT THAT SENTENCE AGAIN!). Simon Vance is a wiz in his narration. In this production, he is a one man band who preforms so this so well. Vance mesh characters so complete that you would think the studio was filled with people instead of the party of one. The fantasy story is part Count of Monte Cristo, which is eluded to many times the piece and part 1984. It was an interesting movie and an equally marvelous audiobook.
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Imagine a Britain stripped of democracy, a world of the not-too-distant future, in which freedom was not lost but surrendered willingly to a totalitarian regime that rose to power by exploiting the peoples worst fears and most damning weaknesses.
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V is for Vance.......2006-05-12
V for Vendetta (9.5 hours, eight CDs, Unabridged, Blackstone Audio) is the spoken word version of the novelization of the movie script based upon the DC comics graphic novel (DON"T ASK ME TO REPEAT THAT SENTENCE AGAIN!). Simon Vance is a wiz in his narration. In this production, he is a one man band who preforms so this so well. Vance mesh characters so complete that you would think the studio was filled with people instead of the party of one. The fantasy story is part Count of Monte Cristo, which eludes to in the piece and part 1984. It was an interesting movie and an equally marvelous audiobook.
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Binding: Comic
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Product Description
Comic book published by DC Comics. An influential horror comic that stars John Constantine, a man at war with infernal powers. The basis for the movie Constantine. This issue features guest artist David Lloyd (V FOR VENDETTA).
Product Description
Sixth Volume (out of ten) of "V for Vendetta". Published in 1988.
Product Description
Seventh Volume (out of ten) of "V for Vendetta". Published in January 1989.
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- Silicon Surfaces and Formation of Interfaces: Basic Science in the Industrial World
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