At once nostalgic for a bygone more innocent age and foreshadowing the turbulences of the twentieth century, Bunin's narrative is a triumph of bitter realism, shot through with the author's classical style and precision of language.
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.
Here is Bunin's great anti-Bolshevik diary of the Russian Revolution, translated into English for the first time. Cursed Days is a chilling account of the last days of... Læs mere
In "Sunstroke", Hettlinger has selected the well-known "The Gentleman from San Francisco" and 24 other stories by Bunin, and translated them afresh. The collection includes, among others, "Raven", "Cold Fall", "Muza", "Styopa", "Antigone", "In Paris" and "Late Hour".
In Robert Bowie's translation, with annotations and a critical afterword, this collection of Ivan Bunin's work affords readers of English an opportunity for a... Læs mere