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Kolyma Tales
Kolyma Tales | Varlan Shalamov
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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 Graphite.
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Is this collection of Varlam Shalamov's Gulag stories my favourite short story collection? How many times do I read it before it's officially My Favourite? Maybe four times because I think I'm going to start calling it #myfavourite

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Kolyma Tales | Varlan Shalamov

We learned one other amazing thing: in the eyes of the state and its representatives a physically strong person was better – yes, better – more moral, more valuable than a weak person who couldn‘t shovel twenty cubic meters of dirt out of a trench in a day. The former was more moral than the latter. He fulfilled his ‘quota‘, that is, carried out his chief duty to the state and society and was therefore respected by all. His advice was asked...

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