Kolyma Tales - Paperback
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Availability:Out of StockContributor:Varlam Shalamov, John Glad (Translator)Series:Classic, 20th-Century, PenguinAudience:Young AdultPublish date:1995-02-01Pages:528
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780140186956ISBN-10:140186956UPC:9780140186956Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Anthologies (multiple authors), Classics, HistoricalSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCXDMG8R3B
Kolyma Tales
It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the northeastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, whose hopes and plans extended to further than a few hours. This new enlarged edition combines two collections...
Series: Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin
Audience: Young Adult
Language:EnglishPublisher:Penguin Adult Hc/TrISBN-13:9780140186956ISBN-10:140186956UPC:9780140186956Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Anthologies (multiple authors), Classics, HistoricalSize:7.70 x 5.00 x 1.30 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCXDMG8R3B
Varlam Shalamov (1907-1982) was a Russian writer, poet, and journalist. He survived 17 years of incarceration in the Gulag for speaking out against the Soviet Union. His collection of essays, Kolyma Tales, details his experiences under the Soviet government. John Glad (1941-2015) was an American scholar who specialized in Russian literature. He taught Russian at the University of Maryland and...
Publisher: Penguin Adult Hc/Tr
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