- Summary
- "Kolyma Stories is a masterpiece of twentieth-century literature, an epic array of short fictional tales reflecting the fifteen year that Varlam Shalamov spent in the Soviet Gulag. This is the first of two volumes (the second the appear in 2019) that together will constitute the first complete English translation of Shalamov's stories and the only one to be based on the authorized Russian text. Shalamov spent six years as a slave in the gold mines of Kolyma before finding a less intolerable life as a paramedic in the prison camps. He began writing his account of life in Kolyma after Stalin's death in 1953. His stories are at once the biography a rare survivor, a historical record of the Gulag, and literary work of unparalleled creative power, insight, and conviction"--Page 4 of cover.
- Uniform Title
- Kolymskie rasskazy. English
- Other Title
- Sketches of the criminal world.
Further Kolyma stories.
- Series
- New York Review Books classics
New York Review Books classics.
- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Shalamov, Varlam, author.
- Published
- New York : New York Review Books, 2018-2020
- Locale
- Soviet Union
- Contents
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[volume 1], book 1. Kolyma stories ; book 2. Left bank ; book 3. Spade artist
[volume 2], book 4. Sketches of the criminal world ; book 5. The resurrection of the larch ; book 6. Glove, or Kolyma stories.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Rayfield, Donald, 1942- translator, writer of introduction.
Valles, Alissa, writer of introduction.
- Notes
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"Originally published in Russian in Sobranie sochineniĭ v 6 + I tomakh (Collector Works, vols. 1-7) by TERRA-Kniznyĭ klub in 2013"--Title page verso.
Volume 2 has title "Sketches of the criminal world : further Kolyma stories" and has an introduction by Alissa Valles.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 735-741).
[volume 1], book 1. Kolyma stories ; book 2. Left bank ; book 3. Spade artist -- [volume 2], book 4. Sketches of the criminal world ; book 5. The resurrection of the larch ; book 6. Glove, or Kolyma stories.
