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[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The way I've heard that book described is not fact, but urban legends, or fairy tales, from the gulags that people have related. Like, it isn't accurate factually, but it encompasses the feelings of a few people (including the author) had about being there.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 1 year ago

the subtitle is unironically An Experiment in Literary Investigation

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