Chapter 46: September 19th: My Beloved Barbara Alexievna

September 19th: My Beloved Barbara Alexievna September 19th. My beloved Barbara Alexievna—I hasten to let you know that Rataziaev has found me some work to do for a certain writer—the latter having submitted to him a large manuscript. Glory be to God, for this means a large amount of work to do. Yet, though the copy is wanted in haste, the original is so carelessly written that I hardly know how to set about my task. Indeed, certain parts of the manuscript are almost undecipherable. I h…