{"product_id":"quaderni-di-kolyma","title":"Quaderni di Kolyma (Блокноты Колыма)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis volume presents a fundamental collection of poems, previously unpublished in Italian, from the celebrated \"singer\" of the Stalinist purges. While Varlam Šalamov is globally recognized for his prose—specifically Kolyma Tales—his poetic work remains less known outside of Russia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis voice was identified by Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as unmistakable in narrating the extreme measures of the Gulag. Primo Levi, an enthusiastic reader of Šalamov, noted that he explores human experience in its most radical state of \"nudity\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe poems were memorized during his exile and written down years later. They are steeped in the \"abyssal regions of the Soviet North,\" where ice, the taiga, and the frozen rivers act as central figures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eSample Poetry: \"Grey Stone\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eWas the city of stone perhaps built with my hands?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOh stone, grey stone, how forgetful you are! \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou have forgotten the tar-soaked shirts of those who squared the stones,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey detached you from the rock walls to place you eternally in green fields. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThey have forgotten your name, and not only through negligence;\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003ethey mixed you here with other stones, stealing you from eternity.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Varlam Šalamov (Варлам Шаламов)\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe was an inflexible \"singer\" of the Stalinist purges, renowned for narrating the Gulag experience with radical honesty. Though famous for his prose, he was also a prolific poet who memorized his verses during confinement to write them down years later. His work, praised by peers like Boris Pasternak and Primo Levi, often uses the frozen landscape of the Soviet North as a backdrop to explore the depths of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRather than focusing solely on the camps, Šalamov viewed his writing as a fundamental warning to the individual. He described his work not just as a chronicle of imprisonment, but as an exploration of human behavior and survival in the most extreme, \"abyssal\" conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Giometti \u0026 Antonello","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57327063728473,"sku":null,"price":21.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/8716\/5529\/files\/9788898820351_0_0_0_0.jpg?v=1771429612","url":"https:\/\/lilicommunity.com\/products\/quaderni-di-kolyma","provider":"LiLi Community","version":"1.0","type":"link"}