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The protagonist wants to be freed from the gulag, but to do so he will need sustenance so he could have the energy to escape. The best thing to get was condensed milk. In the protagonist's words, "There are lots of different tinned foods—meat, fish, fruit, vegetables—but the best of all is milk, condensed milk. Condensed milk doesn’t have to be mixed with boiling water. You eat it with a spoon, or spread it on the bread, or swallow it drop by drop from the tin, eating it slowly, watching the bright liquid mass turn yellow with starry little drops of sugar forming on the can.."
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