Wołoka

Three parts: notes from the Solovetsky Islands, where the writer has lived for years, a journey through Karelia, and a northern diary. The Solovetsky monastery and the barracks of the labour camps stand side by side. Sailing through the locks of the White Sea Canal, built by prisoners, he asks who still cares about its victims and whether it is like the pyramids, built by slaves yet admired. He follows the Orthodox monks who once settled the islands and travellers who gave their lives to the region, and meets people forgotten by Soviet Russia and unwanted by the new one.

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About the book

Form

Nonfiction

Length

252 pages in the original

Genres

Historical, Nature (assigned by AI)

Set in

Russia

First published

2005 by Wydawnictwo Literackie

Author's age

50 when first published

ISBN

9788308037744 (original)