Thanks for the great discussion last night on The Noise of Time. Interesting conversation on how artists function under oppressive regimes and how they may have an artificial facade to help them survive. And thus, how it is difficult to know anyone when being your true self could get you jailed or killed.
For a tauter, more English text (but similarly internally focused), try Barnes' The Sense of an Ending.
For a tauter, more English text (but similarly internally focused), try Barnes' The Sense of an Ending.