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Silence and consequence for a Soviet author in exile
The narrator recalls appearing before a Foreign Commission of the Union of Writers and handing over a translation of a preface. The translator Chaleil praised the work but skipped optimistic chapters. Forced to write a complaint to Aragon and French courts, the author faces a grim fate for defying censorship and learns conscience can be a heavy burden.
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Foreign Commission of the Union of Writers
Chaleil
Soviet Union
Hfe
Jack and Key
Mr. Chaleil
China
Siberia
International Red Cross
Yunost
Aragon
Jie
Foreign Commission
Russia