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Dostoyevsky stared into the dark holes of the soldiers’ guns till even the firing squad was eclipsed in darkness and knew with the conviction of madness that he would never again face an empty universe and when the guns did not explode in his heart (the Czar’s laugh filling the frigid air of Petrograd, a splendidly rehearsed spoof on the young socialists who worshipped words) he willfully embraced God
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Leggo, C. (2012). Wor(l)d. In: Leggo, C. (eds) Sailing in a Concrete Boat. Social Fictions Series, vol 3. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6091-955-8_14
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