tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post8156167817082765436..comments2024-02-26T00:59:26.907-08:00Comments on Ana the Imp: Out of HellAnastasia F-Bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-9425125519868086212010-05-10T16:16:33.811-07:002010-05-10T16:16:33.811-07:00Yes, indeed, Retarius.
Jamie, I understand but as...Yes, indeed, Retarius.<br /><br />Jamie, I understand but as a work of literature it really is worthwhile.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-74410930562738205612010-05-10T05:16:23.547-07:002010-05-10T05:16:23.547-07:00No, I haven't read Shalamov, Ana. To be frank...No, I haven't read Shalamov, Ana. To be frank, I have seen and heard of so much wickedness and suffering that I have no desire to read more. My eyes are now more often on the future.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05770347372942866924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-49918609086884179792010-05-10T04:38:19.893-07:002010-05-10T04:38:19.893-07:00Ahhh, Tasha! I read this last year also. Verry goo...Ahhh, Tasha! I read this last year also. Verry goood!!!<br /><br />Solzhenitsyn's Gulag was also a great read for me in its original, rubbishy, falling to pieces paperback edition of the Seventies...it was like reading real samizdat. Because of Sanya's obscure style and a struggling translation it was tantalizingly mysterious..I reread it many times...and in parts dozens of times.Retariushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09165689727557860449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-61595340725621622562010-05-10T02:47:11.013-07:002010-05-10T02:47:11.013-07:00Yes, Adam. :-)
Good morning, Jamie. Yes, I know...Yes, Adam. :-)<br /><br />Good morning, Jamie. Yes, I know. :-)<br /><br />Had you read Shalamov? He tells brilliant stories of a bleak subject.Anastasia F-Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01284602529524462457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-82079123481358032162010-05-09T22:27:28.241-07:002010-05-09T22:27:28.241-07:00Good morning, Ana,
Your absence has been noted. ...Good morning, Ana,<br /><br />Your absence has been noted. All us old hands who blog in the other place remember a charming, witty and rather brave lady whose father was Polish. Her name was Stefa Kaznowska. Her father had been imprisoned at Kolyma, and she told what she knew of his tale movingly in her blog. I came to know her personally, and learned more.<br /><br />Not many survived Kolyma in those wartime days. Her father was almost certainly saved by the deal that Britain did with Stalin, and he was transferred effectively to the British Army in the Middle-East.<br /><br />If you look up Kolyma on Google Earth you will see what a remote place it is. It is without doubt beautiful, too, if your mission is a quick holiday. There are photos of the prison camps.JMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05770347372942866924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4413130168723738166.post-16476605971865207982010-05-09T17:10:25.612-07:002010-05-09T17:10:25.612-07:00"It's worth stressing that the overwhelmi..."It's worth stressing that the overwhelming numbers of these escapees were not political dissidents at all but hardened criminals". Forgive one's cynicism, but this is my favourite line. Reveals poetic insight into human nature. As I've always said, one must have a quick wit and friends in high security prison places.Fletch's Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402507296202065300noreply@blogger.com