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One of the most sophisticated aspects of this novel is its linguistic skepticism. Characters lie. Letters are intercepted. Confessions are coerced. The author posits that language has been weaponized by totalitarian systems (past and present). Consequently, the sweet soul retreats into silence. In the , pay close attention to the dialogue: the most important conversations are the ones that do not happen. The unsaid is louder than the screamed.