Both witness to and victim of Stalins reign of terror, a courageous woman tells the story of her harrowing eighteen-year odyssey through Russias prisons and labor camps. Translated by Paul Stevenson and Max Hayward. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book

在斯大林的恐怖统治下，一名文学教授被送往至西伯利亚集中营苦役十年。她失去了一切，不再愿意活着，直到她遇到了营地医生，才开始有了生活的希望。