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Article: Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Tales: A Formalist Analysis.(Book review)
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- The Modern Language Review
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- October 1, 2006
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Varlam Shalamov's Kolyma Tales: A Formalist Analysis. By NATHANIEL GOLDEN. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi. 2004. 193 pp. 40 [pounds sterling]. ISBN 90-420-1198-X.
Varlam Shalamov is without question a major figure in Russian literature in the mid-to late twentieth century, though one suspects still appreciated more for the documentary value of his writings on the Gulag experience than for their literary quality. It is therefore to Nathaniel Golden's credit that he has attempted to read a selection of Shalamov's stories precisely for their literary worth, or, to use the Formalist term (which Golden himself repeats in the conclusion to his study), their 'essential ...
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