Yes, thanks Roger for the link.
Gorky was such an opportunist when it came to aligning himself with Lenin I find it hard to give anything he said much weight. His later failure to intervene more to help his fellow writers being abused by the state has stopped me from reading more of him. I do wonder if he drifted into Bolshevikism because he realized he was a pale light compared to the ones persecuted? Who knows. I do know he isn't someone I turn to for moral advice.
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