{"product_id":"avoid-the-void-a-struggle-for-decency-a-journey-from-a-soviet-asylum-to-paradise-forgotten-9781614483847","title":"Avoid the Void: A Struggle for Decency: A Journey from a Soviet Asylum to Paradise Forgotten","description":"\"\"George wanted me to play the spy game. No dramatic cases, just find out if I was followed on the street, how the mailboxes functioned, checking the monitoring of rooms etc., and for me it was just a bit too much The Hardy Boys. And I had not even read them.\"\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1970 a young Norwegian student entered the Soviet Union to take action against violations of human rights. He was arrested and sentenced to one year in a labour camp. Here is the story of what he experienced, on the internal and external level, behind the Iron Curtain. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eGunnar Gjengset is both a merited and scandalized scholar, a highly respected and satirical aphoristic with his own column in leading Norwegian newspapers for more than 20 years. Although his life story is thrilling, there is also ample room for humor and caustic descriptions of life in Academia, High Culture - and the gutter. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAfter having been challenged by a possible ADD-diagnosis, Gunnar Gjengset understood that he had to take control over an escalating abuse of alcohol, before alcohol took control over his life. Quitting is easy, the quest is to cope with the void that threatens the mind as a black hole. He therefore developed a list for surviving, a day-to-day schedule for how to challenge the boozing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst you have to admit that there is a problem, and then you have to invest one year of your lifetime. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut with a little help from your own will: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHere is the manual for how to \u003ci\u003eAvoid the Void\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Morgan James Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781614483847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 238\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.78lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.54d","brand":"Gunnar Gjengset","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52604409249973,"sku":"9781614483847","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/avoid-the-void-a-struggle-for-decency-a-journey-from-a-soviet-asylum-to-paradise-forgotten-9781614483847","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}