{"product_id":"kolyma-tales-isbn-9780140186956","title":"Kolyma Tales","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eKolyma Tales\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGraphite\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor 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.Foreword\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough the Snow\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn Tick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Night\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarpenters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn Individual Assignment\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 'Pushover' Job\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDry Rations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Injector\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Apostle Paul\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBerries\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTamara the Bitch\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCherry Brandy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Child's Drawings\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCondensed Milk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Snake Charmer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Golden Taiga\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVaska Denisov, Kidnapper of Pigs\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Day Off\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDominoes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShock Therapy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lawyers' Plot\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTyphoid Quarantine\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Procurator of Judea\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Lepers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescendant of a Decembrist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCommittees for the Poor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMagic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Piece of Meat\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEsperanto\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMajor Pugachov's Last Battle\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Used-Book Dealer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLend-Lease\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSententious\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Seizure\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Epitaph\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHandwriting\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Businessman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCaptain Tolly's Love\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the Bathhouse\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Green Procurator\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMy First Tooth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProsthetic Appliances\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Train\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Red Cross\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen in the Criminal World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQuiet\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrishka Logun's Thermometer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChief of Political Control\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Life of Engineer Kipreev\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMister Popp's Visit\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Theft\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Letter\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFire and Water\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGraphite\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eVarlam Shalamov \u003c\/b\u003e(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, \u003ci\u003eKolyma Tales,\u003c\/i\u003e details his experiences under the Soviet government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Glad \u003c\/b\u003e(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\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300139421925,"sku":"NP9780140186956","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780140186956.jpg?v=1767730842","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/kolyma-tales-isbn-9780140186956","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}