Abstract
Food in Russian Gulag Prose : Varlam Shalamov’s tale “ Bread”. the topic of food in the Gulag is quite challenging to discuss, as it was one of the worst problems for the prisoners, its shortage causing thousands of deaths. Almost all of the authors surviving the Gulag dealt with food in their works. this article is devoted to the way food is represented in Gulag prose. After a brief overview on food in the Soviet Gulag, I analyse the ways in which food is presented in different literary works written by former Gulag prisoners only to concentrate on Varlam Shalamov’s tale “ bread”, where food acquires a peculiar symbolic significance. the general aim of the article is to show how, through the medium of literature, food in the Gulag develops new and sometimes surprising functions.
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