"In this book, the reader will find a multi-dimensional picture of Kolyma camps and, partially, Siberian ones in the early post-war period. Its author is an educated Austrian, who accidentally found himself in the boiling pot of GULAG. Not suffering loss of Soviet ideals, Vernon Kress feels as a chronicler, an unbiased witness there. He sees the wired world through the eyes of someone originating from Western Europe. Without bypassing suffering, the narrator – an optimist and romantic by nature – tries to talk not only about how people perished in the camp, but also how they survived there. In his narrative the author aptly observes the "Svejk spirit": the light-hearted humor intonations link "Zekameron" with "Decameron". However, the consonance of these names implies bitter sarcasm, a reminder of the tragic contrast between the epoch of the Renaissance and the cruel 20th century." Translation from Russian – Oksana Penderetska. In Ukrainian. Type of the edition: hard cover Format: 130x200 mm Number of pages: 552 Publisher: Knyhy-XXI, Chernivtsi Contents:
- Lazar Shereshevsky. Peklo zalyshajet‘sja peklom
- Peredmova
Knyha 1. PID ChERVONYM KhRESTOM. Rik bez tachky
- Stari polihony v tayzi
- Zolota lykhomanka
- Na livomu berezi
1. Jak Shtefan opynyvsja na topoli. Kinets‘ mojeji rodyny
- Peresylka
- Viddilennja Berlahu
Knyha 2. VID ETAPU DO ETAPU. Try doli
- Mateych
- Batjuta
- Perun
Knyha 3. ZUSTRIChI NA "DNIPROVS‘KIY". P’jat‘ rokiv Berlahu
- Berlahivs‘ka kopal‘nja
1. "Novyy Pioner", abo Kolyms‘ka selektsija
2. Spohady pro Kryshtalevu nich
- Pid Pivnichnym Verbljudom
1. Sybir – takozh rosiys‘ka zemlja
- Nomery i doli
1. Praz‘ke intermetso
- Zyma-lito, zyma-lito
1. Navkolosvitnja podorozh shakhtarja
- Yuriy Chorney. Hulahivs‘kyy romantyk Peter Demant
Publisher: Knyhy-XXI Catalogue number: ISBN 9786176140412 Year: 2013
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