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Brand New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
Publication Date
1995-02-01
Pages
528
ISBN
9780140186956
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0140186956
ISBN-13
9780140186956
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52537

Product Key Features

Book Title
Kolyma Tales
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
1995
Topic
Classics, Short Stories (Single Author), Literary, Historical
Genre
Fiction
Author
Varlam Shalamov
Book Series
Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin Ser.
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
13.1 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
19
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
891.73/42
Grade To
UP
Table Of Content
Foreword Through the Snow On Tick In the Night Carpenters An Individual Assignment A 'Pushover' Job Dry Rations The Injector The Apostle Paul Berries Tamara the Bitch Cherry Brandy A Child's Drawings Condensed Milk The Snake Charmer The Golden Taiga Vaska Denisov, Kidnapper of Pigs A Day Off Dominoes Shock Therapy The Lawyers' Plot Typhoid Quarantine The Procurator of Judea The Lepers Descendant of a Decembrist Committees for the Poor Magic A Piece of Meat Esperanto Major Pugachov's Last Battle The Used-Book Dealer Lend-Lease Sententious The Seizure An Epitaph Handwriting The Businessman Captain Tolly's Love In the Bathhouse The Green Procurator My First Tooth Prosthetic Appliances The Train The Red Cross Women in the Criminal World Quiet Grishka Logun's Thermometer Chief of Political Control The Life of Engineer Kipreev Mister Popp's Visit The Theft The Letter Fire and Water Graphite
Synopsis
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 ., 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 . For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
LC Classification Number
PG3487.A592

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