The Love-Girl and the Innocent – Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Direct Verzonden

Set in a Stalinist slave camp in 1945. The “innocent” of the title is a new arrival to the camp who is reluctant to adopt the sordid techniques of survival. His love for Lyuba, one of the many girls forced by circumstances to sell themselves for privileges and rations, tempts him to compromise with himself and betray his moral and emotional loyalties.