Classic Latvian Work About The Gulag Published in English - UpNorth
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One of the most powerful accounts ever given of life in Stalin’s Gulag has finally been published in English.
“Suddenly, a Criminal” by Melanija Vanaga (1905-1997) is her harrowing but beautifully-written account of sixteen years spent in Siberian labor camps and is her best-known work.
“Those among us who survived,” said Melanija, “did so because we were unbelievably full of the determination and will to live, and faith in our ultimate liberation, as well as because all the disasters arose unexpectedly.”
Fsuddenlycriminalcoverrom her own and some of her fellow victims’ notes and diaries written while the experiences were raw, she portrays an authentic panorama of what Soviet-style ethnic cleansing looked like on the ground during her involuntary Siberian exile (1941-1956) after being snatched from her homeland
