qato

i'm back to nabokov with invitation to a beheading after a several-month hiatus which included a tryst with tolstoy.

speaking of russians, stalin used to purge the first one to stop clapping after he made a speech, so one time the entire audience clapped for hours until their hands bled and finally stalin ordered them to stop clapping (anonymous source).

i'm making note of this little anecdote for use in the fascist country i'm founding atop an active volcano.