Title: A truth about Communism that must be told
Product review: Kolyma Tales is a brilliant author's way of telling the world what actually happened to him and his fellow slave laborers in the Gulag during Stalin's reign in the Soviet Union. It is a testimony to the total failure of Communism and the evils of a totaliltarianism bent on finding enemies among its own people. The stories tell of the misfortune and injustice Shalamov and countless other innocent people endured in the labor camps of arctic Siberia. He uses his 17 years there to give us heartwrenching insight into a part of history unknown to most of us. Solshenitsyn might be more famous in the West, but Shalamov's literary talent is in my opinion equally good. The fact that each story is independent from the rest makes for an easy read.
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