Kolyma Tales (Twentieth Century Classics S.) - Softcover

Glad, John; Shalamov, Varlam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140183787 ISBN 13: 9780140183788

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1990

Synopsis

Nearly three million people died in the forced-labour camps of Kolyma in the North-Eastern region of Siberia. Varlam Shalamov spent 17 years there and this is a collection of short stories concerning individual men and their lives in the camps. The author has also written "Graphite".

About this title

About the Author:

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 Rutgers University. Additionally, Glad was a notable translator of speeches by Mikhail Gorbachev, and also of Russian literature, particularly the works of Alexander I. Solzhenitsyn and Varlam Shalamov.

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 spent seventeen years there, and in these stories he vividly captures the lives of ordinary people caught up in terrible circumstances, their hopes and plans extending no further than a few hours.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0140183787
• ISBN 13: 9780140183788
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224