Walks Around the Barracks
9 hrs. 11 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Igor Guberman
Author
Igor Guberman
Narrator
Arkady Bukhmin
Narrator
Arkady Bukhmin
Description
What is this book about? About life, about people in general, and about how one individual managed to remain human under inhuman conditions.
In “Walks Around the Barracks,” there is no disarming, grim sincerity of “Kolyma Stories” or philosophical depth of “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.” Though there is—just presented differently. Igor Guberman focuses a great deal on describing camp life, prison castes, and ideas. But all that recedes into the background; in the foreground are reflections on human nature—which, you have to say, are far from trivial.
Besides, it’s simply interesting to learn about the thoughts and feelings of an ordinary, decent intellectual person who, by the will of fate, found themselves in such alien and hostile circumstances. There is no dashing plot, and no revelation of some unknown facts, but it is read with incredible interest.
In “Walks Around the Barracks,” there is no disarming, grim sincerity of “Kolyma Stories” or philosophical depth of “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich.” Though there is—just presented differently. Igor Guberman focuses a great deal on describing camp life, prison castes, and ideas. But all that recedes into the background; in the foreground are reflections on human nature—which, you have to say, are far from trivial.
Besides, it’s simply interesting to learn about the thoughts and feelings of an ordinary, decent intellectual person who, by the will of fate, found themselves in such alien and hostile circumstances. There is no dashing plot, and no revelation of some unknown facts, but it is read with incredible interest.
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