Day in the Life vs. Kolyma tales...

Olia Prokopenko oprokop at TEMPLE.EDU
Sat Jun 8 07:25:19 UTC 2013


I, too, prefer Shalamov to Solzhenitsyn. Used Shalamov's stories  (14
total!) in my class and was happy with my students' response.
Olia


On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 12:41 AM, Robert Chandler <kcf19 at dial.pipex.com>wrote:

> Dear Amarilis,
>
> Shalamov is by far the greater writer.  And it would not be difficult to
> make a good and varied selection from the shorter and simpler stories that
> make up the first book of The Kolyma Tales.
>
> All the best,
>
> Robert
>
> On 5 Jun 2013, at 22:26, B. Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz <
> amarilis at BUGBYTES.COM> wrote:
>
> > Dear Seelantsovy:
> >
> > So, I am teaching two introduction to Russian stuff courses next
> semester, and I am debating about using A Day in the Life of Ivan
> Denisovich vs. The Kolyma Tales. I can only use one. What do people think?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz
> > Howard University
> >
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