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"Come See Us at Kolyma!"
- The Massachusetts Review
- Massachusetts Review, Inc.
- Volume 59, Number 2, Summer 2018
- pp. 221-236
- 10.1353/mar.2018.0031
- Article
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Abstract:
In an essay translated from French to English by Jay Milton, Smith College professor Geneviève Piron uses a journey to the Siberian city of Yakutsk as a method to discuss the current state of the city. She weaves history, culture, and ecology together with narrative as she, with a group and guide, moves from the airport into the center of Yakutsk. Ultimately, the essay is an examination of the lost and found aspects of a culture on a city heavily affected by the birth and end of the Soviet Union.