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Dark Avenues
Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
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Description for Dark Avenues
Paperback. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told in prose. Translator(s): Aplin, Hugh. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Considered one of the most influential authors of twentieth century Russian Literature, Ivan Bunin's Dark Avenues is the culmination of a life's work which unrelentingly questioned of the political doxa whilst taking his poetic mastery of language to dark new heights. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told with a rich, elegaic poetics which probes the artistic limits of depicting desire.A prolific writer and fierce political activist, Bunin became the first Russian to win the Nobel prize for Literature ... Read more
Considered one of the most influential authors of twentieth century Russian Literature, Ivan Bunin's Dark Avenues is the culmination of a life's work which unrelentingly questioned of the political doxa whilst taking his poetic mastery of language to dark new heights. Written between 1938 and 1944 and set in the context of a disintegrating Russian culture, this collection of short fiction centres around dark, erotic liaisons told with a rich, elegaic poetics which probes the artistic limits of depicting desire.A prolific writer and fierce political activist, Bunin became the first Russian to win the Nobel prize for Literature ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Alma Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
329g
Number of Pages
350
Place of Publication
Richmond, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847494740
SKU
V9781847494740
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About Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (1870-1953) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. His last book of fiction Dark Avenues is arguably the most widely read 20th-century collection of short stories in Russia.
Reviews for Dark Avenues
Bunin can perhaps be viewed as the sensual celebrant of White Russian decadence, but he has the lyrical power of Turgenev and understands human relations with striking percipience. Highly recommended. - RTE I do not know any other writer whose external world is so closely tied to another, whose sensations are more exact and indispensable, and whose world ... Read more