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Dressed for a dance in the snow : women's voices from the Gulag

Dressed for a dance in the snow : women's voices from the Gulag

Zgustová, Monika, author.
Book 2020

"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. Zgustová'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...

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Forced labor Soviet Union
Internment camps Soviet Union
Political persecution Soviet Union History
Prisons Soviet Union
Soviet Union History 1925-1953
Women political prisoners Soviet Union Biography
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ISBN:
9781590511770
Description:
xix, 275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Notes:
Originally published in Spanish as Vestidas para un baile en la nieve: Barcelona : Galaxia Gutenberg, 2017
Includes bibliographical references
In English, translated from the Spanish
Contents:
Introduction to the American edition: a trip to Moscow
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
LCCN:
2019024829
Control Number:
2884363
Other Authors:
Jones, Julie, 1943- translator
translation of: Zgustová, Monika. Vestidas para un baile en la nieve. English
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