Books author - "Aleksandr Kuprin"
Description Aleksandr Kuprin was one of the most celebrated Russian authors of the early twentieth century, writing both novels (including his most famous, The Duel ) and short fiction. Along with Chekhov and Bunin, he did much to draw attention away from the โgreat Russian novelโ and to make short fiction popular. His work is famed for its descriptive qualities and sense of place, but it always centers on the souls of the storiesโ subjects. The themes of his work are wide and varied, and
Description At the young age of twenty-two Sublieutenant Romashov has become an officer, but heโs already disillusioned with army life in the middle of nowhere, and the brutish and blood-thirsty natures of his commanders and peers. The only thing keeping him from outright depression is his growing infatuation with the wife of a fellow officer; an infatuation which, half-returned, leads inevitably towards the titular subject. The Duel is regarded as the highlight of Kuprinโs bibliography and was
Description Yama (The Pit) recounts the lives of a group of prostitutes living and working in Anna Markovnaโs brothel in the town of Kโธบ. The women, subject to effective slavery through the removal of their papers and onerous debts, act out a scene of easy affability every evening for the part ignorant, part monstrous clients, while keeping secret their own pasts and wished-for futures. The book was Kuprinโs attempt to denormalize the cultural ambiguity of the legal brothels of the time. His
Description Aleksandr Kuprin was one of the most celebrated Russian authors of the early twentieth century, writing both novels (including his most famous, The Duel ) and short fiction. Along with Chekhov and Bunin, he did much to draw attention away from the โgreat Russian novelโ and to make short fiction popular. His work is famed for its descriptive qualities and sense of place, but it always centers on the souls of the storiesโ subjects. The themes of his work are wide and varied, and
Description At the young age of twenty-two Sublieutenant Romashov has become an officer, but heโs already disillusioned with army life in the middle of nowhere, and the brutish and blood-thirsty natures of his commanders and peers. The only thing keeping him from outright depression is his growing infatuation with the wife of a fellow officer; an infatuation which, half-returned, leads inevitably towards the titular subject. The Duel is regarded as the highlight of Kuprinโs bibliography and was
Description Yama (The Pit) recounts the lives of a group of prostitutes living and working in Anna Markovnaโs brothel in the town of Kโธบ. The women, subject to effective slavery through the removal of their papers and onerous debts, act out a scene of easy affability every evening for the part ignorant, part monstrous clients, while keeping secret their own pasts and wished-for futures. The book was Kuprinโs attempt to denormalize the cultural ambiguity of the legal brothels of the time. His