Varlam Shalamov’s story “A Piece of Meat” is included in the collection of Kolyma stories “Left Bank.”

Varlam Shalamov’s story “The Diamond Map” is included in the collection of Kolyma stories “Left Bank”.

Varlam Shalamov is rightly called a great artist, the author of deep psychological and philosophical prose. What Shalamov wrote is a terrible document of the...

Varlam Shalamov is rightly called a great artist, the author of deep psychological and philosophical prose. What Shalamov wrote is a terrible document of the...

Varlam Shalamov is rightly called a great artist, the author of deep psychological and philosophical prose. What Shalamov wrote is a terrible document of the...

Varlam Shalamov is rightly called a great artist, the author of deep psychological and philosophical prose. What Shalamov wrote is a terrible document of the...

Varlam Shalamov is rightly called a great artist, the author of deep psychological and philosophical prose. What Shalamov wrote is a terrible document of the...

Varlam Shalamov is rightly called a great artist, the author of deep psychological and philosophical prose. What Shalamov wrote is a terrible document of the...

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