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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : Good. Book shows minor shelf & handling wear. Pages are clean, text and pictures are intact and unmarred. Good reading copy.
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 345 Language: Russian. Chelovek slozhnoj dramaticheskoj sudby, vydajuschijsja russkij pisatel V.T.Shalamov byl dvazhdy repressirovan i 20 let provel v lagerjakh i ssylke. Ego rasskazy, v osnove kotorykh uvidennoe i perezhitoe im lichno, stali podlinnoj khudozhestvennoj letopisju GULAGa. "Kolymskie rasskazy" - glavnyj trud pisatelja - sostojat iz shesti sbornikov. V etu knigu polnostju voshel odnoimennyj sbornik, a takzhe otdelnye proizvedenija iz sbornikov "Artist lopaty" i "Levyj bereg". Dlja starshego shkolnogo vozrasta. 9785080056345.
EUR 10
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 320 Language: Russian. Sbornik "Ocherki prestupnogo mira" i vospominanija "O Kolyme" - eto ne prosto rasskazy, no odno iz samykh silnykh i dostovernykh khudozhestvennykh svidetelstv - mestami strashnoe, mestami zhestokoe - zhizni v uslovijakh krajnikh ispytanij i bezyskhodnosti, osnovannoe na sobstvennom opyte Varlama Shalamova, kotoryj provel v lagerjakh bez malogo dvadtsat let. On s besposchadnoj tochnostju opisyvaet, kak sistema razrushaet chelovecheskie sudby i moralnye tsennosti i, glavnoe, rasskazyvaet o zhizni ljudej v nechelovecheskikh uslovijakh, kogda prezhnie kriterii nravstvennosti i kultury okazyvajutsja nerabotajuschimi, a prestupnost stanovitsja ne tolko sredstvom vyzhivanija, no i filosofiej suschestvovanija. 9785171656454.
EUR 10
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 288 Language: Russian. "Kolymskie rasskazy", nad kotorymi Shalamov nachal rabotat srazu po vozvraschenii iz stalinskikh lagerej i trudilsja pochti dvadtsat let, s 1954 po 1973 god, - potrjasajuschee khudozhestvenno-dokumentalnoe svidetelstvo ob odnoj iz samykh strashnykh tragedij XX veka. Vse novelly kolymskoj epopei - vsego ikh okolo 140 - pisatel razdelil na shest tsiklov-sbornikov, pervyj iz kotorykh, sostojaschij iz 33 novell, on tak i nazval - "Kolymskie rasskazy".V izdatelstve "Sovetskij pisatel", kuda v 1962 godu Shalamov predlozhil etot sbornik, on byl otvergnut s formulirovkoj: "Geroi vashikh rasskazov lisheny vsego chelovecheskogo, a avtorskaja pozitsija antigumanistichna". V itoge "Kolymskie rasskazy" v nashej strane byli izdany I.P. Sirotinskoj (po rukopisjam arkhiva pisatelja) tolko v kontse 80! kh godov. "Planeta Kolyma", izobrazhennaja Shalamovym, - mir, pered kotorym "Ad" Dante vygljadit nevinnoj shutkoj. Ottuda net vykhoda. Kazhetsja, tam net i nadezhdy. No sam Shalamov - pervyj pisatel-ekzistentsialist v russkoj literature - podcherkival, chto v lagere suschestvuet vozmozhnost "operetsja na inye sily, chem nadezhda". Sovremennyj chitatel, znakomyj so mnozhestvom proizvedenij "lagernoj" literatury i svobodnyj ot politizirovannykh shtampov, mozhet po dostoinstvu otsenit glubokoe khudozhestvennoe svoeobrazie rasskazov Shalamova. 9785171654139.
EUR 10
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 416 Language: Russian. Varlam Shalamov (1907-1982) - vydajuschijsja russkij prozaik i poet, semnadtsat let provedshij v stalinskikh lagerjakh. "Pomnite, samoe glavnoe, lager - otritsatelnaja shkola s pervogo do poslednego dnja dlja kogo ugodno, - pisal Shalamov. - Cheloveku - ni nachalniku, ni arestantu ne nado ego videt. No uzh esli ty ego videl - nado skazat pravdu, kak by ona ni byla strashna. (.) So svoej storony, ja davno reshil, chto vsju ostavshujusja zhizn ja posvjaschu imenno etoj pravde". "Kolymskie rasskazy" - glavnyj trud V. Shalamova, povestvujuschij o zhizni zakljuchennykh ispravitelno-trudovykh lagerej v 1930-1950-kh godakh. Rasskazy napisany v 1954-1973 godakh, no na rodine pisatelja proizvedenija uvideli svet lish posle smerti avtora, v kontse 1980-kh. V nastojaschem izdanii publikuetsja tsikl "Kolymskikh rasskazov", a takzhe rasskazy iz sbornikov "Levyj bereg", "Artist lopaty", "Ocherki prestupnogo mira", "Voskreshenie listvennitsy" i "Perchatka, ili KR-2". 9785389241213.
EUR 10
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 320 Language: Russian. Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (1907-1982) - russkij sovetskij prozaik i poet rodilsja v Vologde v seme svjaschennika.Poluchil khoroshee domashnee obrazovanie, okonchil gimnaziju, trudovuju shkolu. No ne zakhotel idti po stopam ottsa, pereekhal v Moskvu, gde rabotal dubilschikom na Kuntsevskom kozhevennom zavode, a pozzhe byl prinjat v Moskovskij universitet na fakultet sovetskogo prava. V stolitse on poseschal literaturnye kruzhki, khodil na vechera poezii. Dvazhdy Shalamov byl arestovan i soslan snachala (1929-1931) v Visherskij lager v Permskoj oblasti, gde stroil Bereznikovskij khimicheskij kombinat, a zatem na Kolymu (1937-1951)v severo-vostochnyj lager, gde rabotal zolotodobytchikom, lesorubom, zemlekopom, dobyvaja ugol.Pozzhe, okonchiv feldsherskie kursy, Shalamov rabotal feldsherom na Dalnem Vostoke.Nechelovecheski-tjazhjolyj trud i uslovija lagernoj zhizni, vypavshie na dolju tselogo pokolenija, legli v osnovu tsikla rasskazov i ocherkov Shalamova "Kolymskie rasskazy", povestvujuschego o zhizni zakljuchjonnykh sovetskikh ispravitelno-trudovykh lagerej v 1930-1950-e gody."Kolymskie rasskazy", nad kotorymi V. Shalamov nachal rabotat srazu po vozvraschenii iz stalinskikh lagerej i trudilsja pochti dvadtsat let, s 1954 po 1973 god, - potrjasajuschee khudozhestvenno-dokumentalnoe svidetelstvo ob odnoj iz samykh strashnykh tragedij XX veka. 9785171472832.
EUR 11
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 345 Language: Russian. Chelovek slozhnoj dramaticheskoj sudby, vydajuschijsja russkij pisatel V.T. Shalamov byl dvazhdy repressirovan i 20 let provel v lagerjakh i ssylke. Ego rasskazy, v osnove kotorykh uvidennoe i perezhitoe im lichno, stali podlinnoj khudozhestvennoj letopisju GULAGa. "Kolymskie rasskazy" - glavnyj trud pisatelja - sostoit iz shesti sbornikov. V etu knigu polnostju voshel odnoimennyj sbornik, a takzhe otdelnye proizvedenija iz sbornikov "Artist lopaty" i "Levyj bereg". Khudozhnik-illjustrator: N. Sapunova. 9785080064708.
EUR 13
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 320 Language: Russian. Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (1907-1982) - russkij sovetskij prozaik i poet rodilsja v Vologde v seme svjaschennika.Poluchil khoroshee domashnee obrazovanie, okonchil gimnaziju, trudovuju shkolu. No ne zakhotel idti po stopam ottsa, pereekhal v Moskvu, gde rabotal dubilschikom na Kuntsevskom kozhevennom zavode, a pozzhe byl prinjat v Moskovskij universitet na fakultet sovetskogo prava. V stolitse on poseschal literaturnye kruzhki, khodil na vechera poezii. Dvazhdy Shalamov byl arestovan i soslan snachala (1929-1931) v Visherskij lager v Permskoj oblasti, gde stroil Bereznikovskij khimicheskij kombinat, a zatem na Kolymu (1937-1951)v severo-vostochnyj lager, gde rabotal zolotodobytchikom, lesorubom, zemlekopom, dobyvaja ugol.Pozzhe, okonchiv feldsherskie kursy, Shalamov rabotal feldsherom na Dalnem Vostoke.Nechelovecheski-tjazhjolyj trud i uslovija lagernoj zhizni, vypavshie na dolju tselogo pokolenija, legli v osnovu tsikla rasskazov i ocherkov Shalamova "Kolymskie rasskazy", povestvujuschego o zhizni zakljuchjonnykh sovetskikh ispravitelno-trudovykh lagerej v 1930-1950-e gody."Kolymskie rasskazy", nad kotorymi V. Shalamov nachal rabotat srazu po vozvraschenii iz stalinskikh lagerej i trudilsja pochti dvadtsat let, s 1954 po 1973 god, - potrjasajuschee khudozhestvenno-dokumentalnoe svidetelstvo ob odnoj iz samykh strashnykh tragedij XX veka. 9785171756666.
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Near Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. 1st Edition. compelling account of the Gulag; inside flap of dust jacket has a clipped corner at the bottom.
EUR 15
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 320 Language: Russian. V knigu zamechatelnogo poeta i pisatelja Varlama Tikhonovicha Shalamova (1907-1982) voshli dva tsikla ego rasskazov-vospominanij o kolymskikh lagerjakh, gde on provel bez malogo dvadtsat let. Eto besposchadnoe, predelno iskrennee i pravdivoe povestvovanie o mire po tu storonu dobra i zla, gde smert realnee zhizni, o poprannom chelovecheskom dostoinstve, gnusnykh "zakonakh" blatarej i konvoirov. Obrascheno ono k dushe kazhdogo, kto mozhet i objazan ispolnit zavet avtora: "Etogo ne dolzhno byt!" 9785448438424.
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 345 Language: Russian. Chelovek slozhnoj dramaticheskoj sudby, vydajuschijsja russkij pisatel V. T. Shalamov byl dvazhdy repressirovan i 20 let provel v lagerjakh i ssylke. Ego rasskazy, v osnove kotorykh uvidennoe i perezhitoe im lichno, stali podlinnoj khudozhestvennoj letopisju GULAGa."Kolymskie rasskazy" - glavnyj trud pisatelja - sostoit iz shesti sbornikov. V etu knigu polnostju voshel odnoimennyj sbornik, a takzhe otdelnye proizvedenija iz sbornikov "Artist lopaty" i "Levyj bereg".Dlja starshego shkolnogo vozrasta. 9785080041860.
EUR 18
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 432 Language: Russian. Imja Varlama Shalamova izvestno chitateljam, prezhde vsego, blagodarja "Kolymskim rasskazam". Shalamovskaja proza, besposchadnoe i tochnoe svidetelstvo o GULAGe, zanimaet odnu iz samykh znachimykh stranits v istorii russkoj literatury XX veka. Mezhdu tem, sam Shalamov schital sebja bolee poetom, chem prozaikom. Ostavajas v teni lagernykh rasskazov, poeticheskie proizvedenija Shalamova sostavljajut vesomuju chast ego tvorcheskogo nasledija. Po priznaniju avtora, poezija byla dlja nego "spasitelnym oberegom" i istochnikom sily v beschelovechnykh uslovijakh lagernoj zhizni, ego "putevodnoj zvezdoj". Pogruzhajas v mirovuju kulturu i istoriju, obraschaja vzgljad k prirode, Shalamov pishet svoj "liricheskij dnevnik", stikhi, kotorye odnovremenno "jasny i nepostizhimy". V nastojaschee izdanie voshli poeticheskie proizvedenija, sostavivshie tsikl "Kolymskie tetradi" (1949-1953), sozdannye na Dalnem Severe, a takzhe izbrannye stikhotvorenija, napisannye v raznye gody posle vozvraschenija iz lagerja. 9785389270374.
EUR 18
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 384 Language: Russian. Eta kniga znakomit chitatelej s naslediem vydajuschegosja russkogo pisatelja Varlama Shalamova. Proizvedenija, voshedshie v sbornik, dajut polnoe predstavlenie o razlichnykh etapakh ego tvorchestva. Zdes publikuetsja tsikl "Kolymskikh rasskazov", a takzhe rasskazy iz sbornikov "Levyj bereg", "Artist lopaty", "Ocherki prestupnogo mira", "Voskreshenie listvennitsy" i "Perchatka, ili KR-2". 9785389057791.
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 560 Language: Russian. Kogda Varlam Tikhonovich Shalamov (1907-1982) pisal svoju prozu, esche zemlja dyshala bratskimi mogilami lagerej. Pervym chitateljam, potrjasennym etoj eksgumatsiej, etoj razverzshejsja pered nimi adskoj voronkoj, bylo ne do khudozhestvennykh otsenok. Iosif Brodskij, prochitav "Arkhipelag GULAG" Solzhenitsyna, skazal: "Vozmozhno, cherez dve tysjachi let chtenie "GULAGa" budet dostavljat to zhe udovolstvie, chto chtenie "Iliady" segodnja". No chtoby chitat "Kolymskie rasskazy", kak "Iliadu", ne nuzhno zhdat dve tysjachi let. Vsled za moralnym potrjaseniem prikhodit i ponimanie vsej unikalnosti Shalamova-khudozhnika. Ego "novaja proza" - dikovinnyj splav russkogo postserebrjanogo veka i zolotykh priiskov Kolymy. Kak izvestno, velikoe viditsja na rasstojanii. V sluchae Shalamova eto rasstojanie okazalos minimalnym.Sostav i soprovoditelnaja statja Ljuby JurgensonLjuba Jurgenson - frantsuzskaja pisatelnitsa, avtor neskolkikh romanov, esse i nauchnykh issledovanij, posvjaschennykh svidetelstvam uznikov sovetskikh i natsistskikh lagerej. Professor kafedry slavistiki Sorbonny. Udostoena literaturnoj premii Valeri-Larbo. Perevodila na frantsuzskij jazyk I. Goncharova, L. Tolstogo, N. Leskova, B. Pasternaka, M. Tsvetaevu, V. Shalamova. Direktor serii "Pustjaki" v izdatelstve "Verde". Kurirovala frantsuzskoe izdanie "Kolymskikh rasskazov". Na russkom jazyke opublikovan roman Ljuby Jurgenson "Vospitannye nochju" (M., NLO, 2009). 9785001121510.
EUR 11
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Ajouter au panierEtat : acceptable. Books may exhibit damage including dents, creases, and folded pages. Some volumes may contain annotations or highlighted sections. PLEASE NOTE that extras or accessories may not be included. Additionally, digital codes and CDs have not been verified for functionality and may be inoperative.
Edité par Respublika, 1996
ISBN 10 : 525002517X ISBN 13 : 9785250025171
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EUR 22
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Ajouter au panierNo binding. Etat : Good. Varlama Shalamova 1907-1982 spravedlivo nazyvayut bolshim khudozhnikom, avtorom glubokoj psikhologicheskoj i filosofskoj prozy.Napisannoe Shalamovym - eto strashnyj dokument epokhi, besposhchadnaya pravda o projdennykh im krugakh ada.Vse samoe tsennoe iz prozaicheskogo i poetichnskogo naslediya pisatelya sostavitel postaralsya vklyuchit v etu knigu.V knigu voshli: Kolymskie rasskazy, Chetvertaya Vologda, Visherskij antiroman, Kolymskie tetradi, stikhi 1957-1981 godov.
EUR 83,39
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : New. Etat de la jaquette : Near Fine. First English language edition. First English language edition stated 1981, first printing, numbers line starts with 1, translated from Russian by John Glad. Published by W W Norton & Co Inc. Hardcover with DJ. Condition as new, square tight and clean book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ near fine, one small tear at the head of the spine, no chips, price not clipped. 8vo, 287 pages. (Misprint in DJ, Author's last name spelled Shalamav instead of Shalamov).
EUR 40
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Ajouter au panierEtat : new. Pages: 992 Language: Russian. Varlam Shalamov (1907-1982) - vydajuschijsja russkij prozaik i poet, semnadtsat let provedshij v stalinskikh lagerjakh. "Pomnite, samoe glavnoe, lager - otritsatelnaja shkola s pervogo do poslednego dnja dlja kogo ugodno, - pisal Shalamov. - Cheloveku - ni nachalniku, ni arestantu ne nado ego videt. No uzh esli ty ego videl - nado skazat pravdu, kak by ona ni byla strashna. . So svoej storony, ja davno reshil, chto vsju ostavshujusja zhizn ja posvjaschuimenno etoj pravde". "Kolymskie rasskazy" - glavnyj trud V. Shalamova, povestvujuschij o zhizni zakljuchennykh ispravitelno-trudovykh lagerej v 1930-1950-kh godakh. Rasskazy napisany v 1954-1973 godakh i v nastojaschem izdanii predstavleny v polnom obeme - v shesti tsiklakh: "Kolymskie rasskazy", "Levyj bereg", "Artist lopaty", "Ocherki prestupnogo mira", "Voskreshenie listvennitsy", "Perchatka, ili KR-2". Pervye publikatsii rasskazov Shalamova sostojalis v 1966-1976 godakh v amerikanskom russkojazychnom "Novom zhurnale"; na rodine pisatelja proizvedenija uvideli svet lish posle smerti avtora v kontse 1980-kh godov. 9785389170179.
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EUR 70,23
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. First Printing. Stated First Edition with full number line starting with 1. Review copy with publisher slip laid in.
EUR 102,20
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Ajouter au panierhardcover. Etat : New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!
EUR 131,67
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Ajouter au panierHardcover. Etat : Fine. Etat de la jaquette : Fine. 1st Edition. New York, Norton, 1981. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Fine in a fine jacket. A clean tight copy. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($14.95). Dust jacket clipped on bottom of flap, price intact on top of flap, as issued. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. Translated from the Russian by John Glad. . As the Soviet scholar David Satter writes, "Shalamov's short stories are the definitive chronicle of [life in the Gulag]." Kolyma Tales is considered to be one of the great Russian collections of short stories of the twentieth century. This is a gorgeous copy. One tiny closed tear hear head of spine of jacket.
Edité par The New Review, New York, 1966
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Ajouter au panierwraps. Etat : Near fine. First Edition. SHALAMOV, Varlam Tikhonovich, [Kolyma Tales/Stories], in 27 issues of / The New Review (1966 - 76), New York, 1966 - 1976. 27 volumes octavo. FIRST APPEARANCES.First appearance of many "tales" or "stories" that formed part of the Kolyma Tales of the 1978 complete book. "The artistic manner of the stories is similar to that of Chekhov: a brief plot devoted to one incident, an objective, dispassionate narration intended to provide a contrast to the horror of the moment, and a very abrupt ending, often intended to be subtly ironic" (Handbook of Russian Literature, p 401). The 27 issues and contents date from 1966 through 1976 and contain the following: : . . . / . . // 1966. No 85. pp. 5-34. Maxim. - Kant. - Package. - Dry rations : . . // 1967. No 86. pp. 5-20. For a show/On Tick. - The snake charmer. Tamara the Bitch : . . // 1967. No 89. pp. 7-18. Cross. - Single stop. Stlannik : - . . . // 1968. No 91. pp. 5-23. Sherry brandy. - Condensed milk. - Carpenters. - Bread : . . // 1969. No 96. pp. 31-43. Head of political department. - Ryabokon. Marcel Proust . . : // 1970. No 98. pp. 6-23. Life of engineer Kipreev. - Bread. Liturgy: Stories // 1970. No 100. pp. 62-75. Gravestone/epitaph . // 1970. No 101. pp. 6-13. Graphite. - Duck . // 1971. No 102. pp. 37-50. Berdy Onger. - Exam . // 1971. No 103. pp. 21-30. Two meetings. - Nameless cat . // 1971. No 104. pp. 28-40. The letter. - Fire and Water / . . . // 1972. No 106. pp. 31-49. Conspiracy of lawyers/lawyer's plot / Preface. R. G // 1972. No 107. pp. 38-49. city on the mountain . // 1972. No 108. pp. 15-21. Pier of hell. Brave eyes // 1973. No 110. pp. 5-19. Secondhand book dealer // 1973. No 111. pp. 5-8. washed away photograph . //1973. No. 112. pp.27-32. Hercules. - Berries // 1973. No 113. pp. 39-46. Silence/quiet . // 1974. No 115. pp. 42-59. Mr. Popp's visit. - Pain // 1974. No 116. pp. 78-83. In hospital . // 1974. No 117. pp. 47-52. Prosthetic appliances. - Prosecutor of Judea // 1975. No 118. pp. 13-22. Dominoes // 1975. No 119. pp. 5-15. How did it start . // 1975. No 120. pp. 19-28. A Child's drawings. - In the bathhouse // 1975. No 121. pp. 6-10. Golden Taiga // 1976. No 124. pp. 31-36. Diamond key - // 1976. No 125. pp. 45-50. Raush anesthesiaCONDITION: Very good or better. Light edge wear and soiling to some issues.
Edité par London, Overseas Publications Interchange,, 1978
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Ajouter au panierWith provenance --- First edition of this important collection of stories on Soviet labour camps, which Shalamov (1907-82), a poet and man of letters on the wrong side of the Soviet authorities, experienced repeatedly during the entire reign of Stalin, from 1929 to the early 50s. Kolyma, where Shalamov spent most of his sentences, is a remote, sub-arctic region of north-eastern Siberia, where gold and platinum were discovered shortly before the Russian revolution. During the intensive industrialisation under Stalin, Kolyma became the most notorious region for the Gulag labour camps: a "pole of cold and cruelty" in the Gulag system as Solzhenitsyn described it. The celebrated poet Osip Mandelshtam died in 1938 on the way there, in a transit camp where Shalamov had been about a year earlier: the latter wrote Sherry Brandy, a short story of this tragic end, which was included in these Kolyma Tales. A "collection of brief sketches, vignettes, and short stories, [Kolyma Tales] chronicles the degradation and dehumanization of prison-camp life. Written in understated and straightforward documentary style, the tales contain almost no philosophical or political nuances." (Encycl. Brit.) The work, written during almost 20 years in the 1950s and 60s, is based on two areas: personal experiences and fictional accounts of stories heard. Shalamov attempted to mix fact and fiction, which leads to the book being something of a historical novel. The style used is similar to Chekhov's, in which a story is told objectively and leaves the readers to make their own interpretations. Often brutal and shocking, the matter-of-fact style makes them appear more hard-hitting than using a sensationalist style. The stories are based around the life of the prisoners (political or professional) in the camp and their relations with the officials. Shalamov managed to smuggle manuscripts out of the USSR, and a few stories were first published in émigré journals such as Grani in the early 1970s. This is the first edition of the collection, publishing some stories for the first time. It mentions also that it was published without the author's consent, to protect Shalamov, who had been forced to write a public letter denouncing publication of his work abroad. With an introduction by Michael Heller. Publication was banned in the Soviet Union until 1988. A very good example, with provenance: from the library of Aleksandr Dolberg, aka David Burg, who spent most of his life in the UK after having emigrated from the USSR in the 1950s. A man of letters, he wrote many literary articles and presented various radio programmes in the West, usually linked with literature, émigrés and the USSR. He published the first English translation of Solzhenitsyn's Cancer Ward and fought constantly against the accusation of being a Soviet agent. He co-authored (with George Feifer) Solzhenitsyn: A Biography (1972). Among his friends were dissidents Andrei Sinyavsky and Igor Golomstock. Provenance: Acquired directly from the estate of Aleksandr Dolberg (1933-2021), aka David Burg. Physical description:Thick 8vo (18.5 x 12 cm). Portrait frontispiece and 895 pp. Original publisher's printed green boards. Condition:Outer edges of block a bit discoloured, edges a bit rubbed; without the printed dust-jacket. Bibliography:Sesliavinskii, TamIzdat 94.