I also recommend to read "The Kolyma tales" by Varlam Shalamov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kolyma_Tales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kolyma_Tales

I also recommend to read "The Kolyma tales" by Varlam Shalamov: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kolyma_Tales https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kolyma_Tales http://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Twentieth-Century-Classics-ebook/dp/B003AYZBQG http://www.amazon.com/Penguin-Twentieth-Century-Classics-ebo...