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Goodnight! by Andrei Sinyavsky, sometimes published under the pseudonym Abram Tertz, follows the author’s intellectual and artistic evolution against the backdrop of his betrayal, prosecution, and imprisonment in a Soviet labor camp. Beginning during Stalin’s regime, the narrative explores Sinyavsky’s challenges in Russian society, his critique of “socialist realism,” and his eventual emigration to France after seven years in the notorious Lubyanka gulag. The novel traces his experiences with oppression, paranoia, and profound insights into human nature.