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SECONDHAND TIME might be the worst possible thing to listen to at this moment
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SECONDHAND TIME might be the worst possible thing to listen to at this moment

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Naomi K
Jan 29, 2017
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Not only is Secondhand Time full of terribly, grotesque anecdotes about living in a totalitarian regime (for example, one man, assigned to guard a freight car transporting people to Siberia during dekulakization, opened the door to find a "half-starved child eating his own shit as if it was kasha.") but it also contains so much rage and wonderment over …

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