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Gargantua and Pantagruel

by François Rabelais

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Jun 21, 2026 07:05PM

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The Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini

by Benvenuto Cellini

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Jun 18, 2026 11:09PM

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Magister Ludi (The Glass Bead Game)

by Hermann Hesse

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There was something to be learned about writing from watching boxing matches or going to the racetrack. The message wasn’t clear but it helped me. That was the important part: the message wasn’t clear. It was wordless, like a house burning, ...more

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“manuscripts don't burn" - "(рукописи не горят)”
― Mikhail Bulgakov, The Master and Margarita

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“In general, books burn well. Manuscripts go like gunpowder.”
― Vladimir Sorokin, Day of the Oprichnik

tags: bulgakov, censorship, russian-literature

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