Шаламов: <<...или члена известной секты "Бог знает">>

[Gasan Gusejnov]

Thank you Sasha,

there used to be so many сектыs in the USSR.

In fact, the acronym CCCP has been deciphered as a Спальня, Столовая,
Сортир, Работа.
Wasn't it just a huge sect?
As to "Бог знает", right now, very young as well as not so young people say
simply kh.s. ("х.з."). Have a look at the full plumage of interpretations
at sokr.ru.

Sectology of literature is a real science!

gg


2014-02-14 14:37 GMT+04:00 Alexandra Smith <Alexandra.Smith at ed.ac.uk>:

> Dear Brian,
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> You've missed the rest of the sentence. It reads as follows:
>  Был и сектант из секты <<Бог знает>>, а может, секта называлась и иначе -
> просто это был единственный всегдашний ответ сектанта на все вопросы
> начальства.
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> Shalamov states that the sect might have had a different name altogether
> and that the phrase "God knows" was one of the favourite replies that
> particular prisoner used in his communication with the guards and the
> administrators.
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> See this internet version of the text: http://shalamov.ru/library/5/5.html
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> All best,
> Alexandra
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