“Readership was high, and very attentive. It was people's only source of knowledge about the world.”
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He killed his enemies because he was afraid they would kill him. Amin ordered entire tribes to be put to death, because he feared they would rebel.
My writing is a combination of three elements. The first is travel: not travel like a tourist, but travel as exploration. The second is reading literature on the subject. The third is reflection.
This is the most intimate relationship between literature and its readers: they treat the text as a part of themselves, as a possession.
The tradition of Russian literature is also an eastern tradition of learning poetry and prose by heart.
