In 1980, a Somali government prisoner was sentenced to life in solitary confinement. He contemplated suicide until the prisoner in the next cell tapped out the words of a book in modified Morse code.
I got annoyed when seeing that the audio clip in the article was 35 damn minutes long but it's actually very interesting
Very professionally presented podcast
Anna Karenina is a family favorite however I can't seem to read into a couple pages because it's too sexual (I watched the movie which is why I know this).
I'm really glad it made him sane and allowed him to be empathetic.
The opening line of AK is memorable: All happy families are alike, but all unhappy families are unhappy in their own special way. That's the gist anyway. Have to read it sometime.
800 pages of Morse code? That's dedication, but then again when you are in prison time is all you have.. I have seen the movie adaption and it was shitty.
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