First Circle

At the height of Stalin's postwar terror, Innokenty, a young diplomat and scion of a corrupt ruling class, discovers an earlier and more spiritual tradition than that adopted by the October Revolution, the beginning of a process which is Solzhenitsyn's basic theme: the individual's experience of acquiring an immortal soul.

In apogeul terorii postbelice a lui Stalin, Innokenty, un tanar diplomat si descendent al unei clase conducatoare corupte, descopera o traditie mai timpurie si mai spirituala decat cea adoptata de Revolutia din octombrie, inceputul unui proces care este tema de baza a lui Soljenitin: experienta individului de a dobandi un suflet nemuritor.