Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xxv
5. Note to the Reader xxvii
6. Introduction 1
7. Part One In the Role of a Moth That Is Drawn to the Light
8. 1 Establishing the Fundamentals of Fate 3
9. 2 Finally in Kyiv 54
10. 3 The Era of the Helsinki Movement 85
11. 4 Arrest, Investigation, and Trial 134
12. Intermezzo 1. On the Road to Camp 173
13. Part Two The Universe behind Barbed Wire
14. 5 The Labor Camp Up Close 183
15. 6 In the Vise of the Strict Regime 218
16. 7 The Pinnacle of the Struggle 257
17. 8 When the Soul Snagged on Barbed Wire 324
18. Intermezzo 2. Transfer to Internal Exile 333
19. Part Three Exile
20. 9 Among the Kazakhs 341
21. Intermezzo 3. Once Again on the Threshold of a New Life 393
22. Conclusion 410
23. Appendix: The Gospel According to a Holy Fool 437
24. Index 443