||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| The Chekhov of the Gulag|By lily t.|The Chekov of the Gulag, Varlam Shalamov, needs to be commended, one, for surviving seventeen years of imprisonment in the mines of the frozen north and two for telling the tale. The style, which, I believe, suffers from an indifferent translation, is spare and straightforward; Chekhovian, leaving the reader to make his/her own interpretatio|Language Notes|Text: English, Russian (translation)|From the Back Cover|It is estimated that some three million people died in the Soviet forced-labour camps of Kolyma, in the north-eastern area of Siberia. Shalamov himself
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 previously published in the United States as Kolyma Tales and Grap...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Kolyma Tales (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) | Varlam Shalamov. Just read it with an open mind because none of us really know.
