Till my tale is told : women's memoirs of the Gulag / edited by Simeon Vilensky ; translated by John Crowfoot ... [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vilenskiĭ, S. S. (Semen Samuilovich)

Crowfoot, John.

Veselai︠a︡, Zai︠a︡ra.

Series:

Indiana-Michigan series in Russian and East European studies

Standardized Title:

Dodnesʹ ti͡agoteet. vyp. 1. Zapiski vasheĭ sovremennit͡sy. English. Selections.

Language:

English

Russian

Subjects (All):

Soviet Union--Politics and government--1936-1953.

Soviet Union.

Politics and government.

Women political prisoners--Soviet Union--Biography.

Women political prisoners.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xiii, 358 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.

Edition:

English edition prepared by Simeon Vilensky, John Crowfoot, and Zayara Vesyolaya.

Place of Publication:

Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 1999.

Summary:

"How extraordinary it is that compassion and tenderness may flourish inthe cruellest conditions; how stubbornly and bravely people survive them. This isnot a depressing book but an inspiriting and encouraging one." -- DorisLessing -- "The sixteen life stories are riveting.... testimony tothe complexity of the human spirit[, ] to miracles of survival and endurance in themost hellish of conditions.... Till My Tale Is Told remind[s] us of the importanceof remembrance and testimony about this particularly brutal chapter of humanhistory." -- The Women's Review of Books -- Arrest, interrogation, imprisonment, trial and sentencing, transport, labor camps, internalexile, sometimes release, often followed by re-arrest and re-imprisonment and, forthose who outlived Stalin, eventual reprieve and rehabilitation these are theoutlines of the experiences recorded by 16 courageous Russian women whose movingtestimonies, most of them written in secret and at great personal risk, arepresented here.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

0253334640

OCLC:

40964962