“Shukov had drawn a few thousand bread rations in jails and prison camps, and though he’d never had the chance to weigh his portion on the scales, and anyway was too timid to kick up a fuss and demand his rights, he knew better than most prisoners, that a bread cutter who gave full measure wouldn’t last long at the job. Every portion was underweight-the only question was by how much. Twice a day you looked at it and tried to set your mind at rest. Maybe it’s only a couple of grams short.”
“One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” Alexander Solzhenitsyn, 1962.
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