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Varlam Shalamov

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Varlam Shalamov (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, Kolyma Tales, details his experiences under the Soviet government.

Books by Varlam Shalamov

Books by Varlam Shalamov published by New York Review Books

Sketches of the Criminal World

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Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin

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