Bibliograph

Dressed for a dance in the snow, women's voices from the Gulag, Monika Zgustova ; translated from the Spanish by Julie Jones

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Dressed for a dance in the snow, women's voices from the Gulag, Monika Zgustova ; translated from the Spanish by Julie Jones

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-275)

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dressed for a dance in the snow

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Monika Zgustova ; translated from the Spanish by Julie Jones

Sub title

women's voices from the Gulag

Summary

"A poignant and unexpectedly inspirational account of women's suffering and resilience in Stalin's forced labor camps, diligently transcribed in the kitchens and living rooms of nine survivors. The pain inflicted by the gulags has cast a long and dark shadow over Soviet-era history. Zgustova's collection of interviews with former female prisoners not only chronicles the hardships of the camps, but also serves as testament to the power of beauty in face of adversity. Where one would expect to find only hopelessness and despair, Zgustova has unearthed tales of love, art, and friendship that endured and even flourished in times of tragedy. These stories, collected in the vein of Svetlana Alexievich's Nobel Prize-winning oral histories, turn one of the darkest periods of the Soviet era into a song of human perseverance, in a way that reads as an intimate family history"--, Jacket

Table Of Contents

Lot's wife: Zayara Vesiolaya -- Penelope in chains: Susanna Pechuro -- A twentieth-century Judith: Ella Markman -- Minerva in the mines: Elena Korybut-Daszkiewicz -- Psyche in prison: Valentina Iyevleva -- Antigone facing the Kremlin: Natalia Gorbanevskaya -- Ulysses in Siberia: Janina Misik -- Ariadne, daughter of the labyrinth: Galya Safonova -- Eurydice in the Underworld: Irina Emelyanova

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