Memoir of a Gulag Actress

About the book

In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag. Tamara Petkevich had a relatively privileged childhood in the beautiful, impoverished Petrograd of the Soviet regimeAEs early years, but when her father-a fervent believer in the Communist ideal-was arrested, 17-year- old Tamara was branded a \u201cdaughter of the enemy of the people.\u201d She kept up a search for her fa...Show more