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Varlam Shalamov

“The agnosticism I had upheld throughout my conscious life had not made me a Christian. But in the camps I had not seen better people than the believers. Depravity affected everyone's souls; only the believers held out.”

Varlam Shalamov, Kolyma Stories
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Kolyma Stories Kolyma Stories by Varlam Shalamov
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