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IV. We bookmark suffering. We highlight absurdity in yellow. We search for the word hope — not found in this document.
Zapisi iz mrtvog doma literally translates to The title refers to a Siberian prison where Dostoevsky himself was incarcerated for four years (1850–1854). He based the novel on his own experiences, blending autobiography with fiction. The "dead house" symbolizes the prison as a living tomb.
