For context I am wondering - is it that the mom was not guilty but lied and said she was guilty to protect image of soviet government and help convince her daughter to join?
Perhaps Soltzhenitsyn and the daughter was misled and they intercepted/re-scribed her letter. Or the mom was defeated and thought to herself if you can't beat them, join them as a matter of survivorship. Or a situation where she predicted they would read her correspondence and didn't want to put anyone in further danger.
From what I understand, just getting this book to see the light of day was extremely difficult. Imagine how much easier it would be to take over the exchange of correspondence of jailed inmates.
I should read the book.
For context I am wondering - is it that the mom was not guilty but lied and said she was guilty to protect image of soviet government and help convince her daughter to join?
Perhaps Soltzhenitsyn and the daughter was misled and they intercepted/re-scribed her letter. Or the mom was defeated and thought to herself if you can't beat them, join them as a matter of survivorship. Or a situation where she predicted they would read her correspondence and didn't want to put anyone in further danger.
From what I understand, just getting this book to see the light of day was extremely difficult. Imagine how much easier it would be to take over the exchange of correspondence of jailed inmates.
I should read the book.
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