I remember also Fyodor Dostoyevski, while he was in ‘the house of the dead’, meaning in prison in Siberia, carrying the little book of the Gospels. Since prisoners were not allowed to write, he underlined words or sentences and made short notes with his fingernail or a toothpick. This book of Gospels was fortunately brought back from exile, saved, preserved and published. Thus today, thanks to very careful study and to advanced technology, knowing the works of the Russian author, and being able to decipher his signs, we can enter the mysterious space of his mind while he read.
