The author of the book, Evgenia Fedorova, wanted to become a children’s writer, but ended up in the Stalinist camps. As a result, the literary fruits of her life are associated with very adult and terrible topics of totalitarian society. She experienced all the horrors of the Gulag on herself, and therefore her story about the inexorable hellish political machine, grinding the fate of people, forcing to betray loved ones, separating mothers with children, so bright and sincere. This book is the true story of people who are faced with the inexorable cruelty of the state machine, but at the same time found the strength not to surrender.
Why is the book worthy of reading
This book is about the tragic past of our country. However, the echoes of this past are still heard in our current reality. You can understand and rethink why this is happening only through the study of the large -scale tragedy of the twentieth century. To learn about the whole generation of the Russian intelligentsia, whose names were erased from the pages of our history is the duty of each of us.
You will learn about different types of lag …
Author
Fedorova Evgeny
Editor
Milovidova Maria
Publisher
Alpina non-fiction, 2012
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