A Trifle for Eternal Life. Prison-Camp Tales

«Don't tempt fate with the prison and the poorhouse»... National folklore is, as always, ruthlessly accurate. The probability of finding oneself in captivity for a Russian person, regardless of social status, education, or even personal, moral, ethical qualities, has always been and remains very high. Why is it this way? Why always? Why in Russia? Let historians, political scientists, and sociologists ponder these questions. For someone who finds themselves, not by their own choice, trying on the «skin of a prisoner», it is far more important to simply survive. And not just to survive, but to remain human, to preserve will, dignity, and principles. It seems that this question is the main theme for all of Boris Zemtsov's prison-camp stories. He tries to answer this question based solely on his own experience. At the same time, he imposes nothing, teaches no one, and avoids the temptation to fall into sugary moralizing. He simply shares what he has seen and experienced.