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Narratives of Gulag Survivors

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Leona Toker

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Leona Toker organizes and characterizes both fictional narratives and survivors' memoirs as she explores the changing hallmarks of literature from the Soviet Gulag, focusing on key themes that recur (arrest, the stages of trial, imprisonment, labor camps, exile, escapes, special punishment, the role of chance, and deprivation) and the historical, political as well as social contexts of the works. Toker's readings are intended to provide insight into the circumstances that determined a prisoner's experience of the Soviet penal system. Special attention is devoted to the writings of Shalamov and Solzhenitsyn, and many works by women are addressed.

Author Biography:

Leona Toker is Professor of English at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Her previous works include Nabokov: The Mystery of Literary Structures and Eloquent Reticence: Withholding Information in Fictional Narrative.

Release date Australia

December 22nd, 2000

Author

Leona Toker

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Illustrations

1 bibliog., 1 index

Pages

352

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9780253337870

Product ID

2823457

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