num_pages: 508
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 Kolyma Tales and Graphite.
language: English
title: Kolyma Tales
titlecomplete: Kolyma Tales
genres: Classics, History, Short Stories, Russia, Russian Literature, Biography, Literature, Memoir, Nonfiction, Politics
ratings_count: 7113
places: Kolyma, Siberia, Soviet Union, Siberia, Soviet Union
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: Translation
publisher: Penguin Classics