Depression is something we only learn about in translation. I was reading George Saunders’ book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, about great Russian short stories and what makes them great. Saunders writes repeatedly about what we can’t ever access in these stories if we do not read them in Russian. The stories can still be great, and some will convey more…
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