Chapter 13 A HUNGER STRIKE IS NOT A WAY OUT

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. TRANSLATORS’ NOTE ix
4. BACKGROUND xi
5. FOREWORD xiii
6. THE TORTURE CAMP ON PARADISE STREET
7. Chapter 1 THE ARRIVAL 3
8. Chapter 2 ISOLATION AND THE PRISON CODE 13
9. Chapter 3 FEAR 35
10. Chapter 4 PURE EVIL 41
11. Chapter 5 THE HOUR OF THE QUIET ONES 51
12. Chapter 6 MADNESS OR NORMALCY? 65
13. Chapter 7 TIME IN CAPTIVITY 77
14. Chapter 8 THE BLUE LIGHT: TO KILL YOURSELF OR NOT? 83
15. Chapter 9 TORTURE: A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE 101
16. Chapter 10 WHAT BROKE ME 107
17. Chapter 11 SEX IN ISOLATION 113
18. Chapter 12 THE ESCAPE 123
19. Chapter 13 A HUNGER STRIKE IS NOT A WAY OUT 137
20. Chapter 14 WHY THERE WAS NEVER AN UPRISING 145
21. Chapter 15 MOUSEVILLE: WRITING IN SPITE OF 157
22. Chapter 16 GOD BEHIND BARS 165
23. Chapter 17 HUMOR IN CAPTIVITY 173
24. Chapter 18 WHO ARE THESE PEOPLE? 183
25. Chapter 19 A STRANGE SURVEY 191
26. Chapter 20 THE MAN WITH THE DOG 195
27. Chapter 21 AN EXERCISE IN DEATH AND FREEDOM 199
28. Chapter 22 NOT IN PRAGUE 207
29. Chapter 23 WHITE NIGHTS 215
30. WRITINGS FROM ISOLATION
31. CHRIST IN A GULA G 237
32. NAMED AFTER VLADIMIR LENIN 253
33. SOMETHING ABOUT SOMEONE 257
34. HEROES OF THE TOCSIN 259
35. HEROES OF THE TOCSIN 261
36. THE BELL 263
37. OF PIPES AND MEN 269
38. AN ESSAY ABOUT A VOLCANO 273
39. AN ATHEIST’S PRAYER 277
40. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 279