Merzlakov, once a robust stable-hand, now fights hunger, pain and exhaustion after a year and a half at a labour camp. An enormous man given little food, he sees the larger men dying first, their bodies conquered by starvation. In his desperation for survival, he begins a yearlong struggle of pain and injury. It ends with the inscrutable and punctilious Dr Peter Ivanovich. In a curious mix of empathy and haunting objectivity, this short story describes a snapshot of life in a Russian labour-camp. Written after Varlam Shalamov’s own experiences at a gulag, it is one episode in the many that make up Kolyma Tales.
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Shock Therapy
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ISBN | 9780718196455 |
Number Of Pages | 46 |
File Size | 0.22 mb |
Format | EPUB |
Published | 06-03-2014 |