NP: House of Meetings by Martin Amis

[bekah]

I've read parts of The Gulag but only barely heard of Shalamov - 
maybe one time in passing.   I'll have to look into that,  thanks. 
I did read in one  review that said Amis has been criticized for 
thinking he can "imagine" the reality of Russian labor camps.   I 
guess his non-fiction on the subject was seriously panned.

Bekah



At 2:23 AM +0300 5/6/07, Ya Sam wrote:
>In case you haven't read them, I would recommend the firsthand 
>nonfiction experience 'The Gulag Archipelago' and the literary 
>accounts (based on real experience as well) Varlam Shalamov's 
>'Kolyma Tales'. With all respect to Amis, these writers have been 
>there. And  Solzhenitsyn is still alive, btw.
**