The River of Life and Other Stories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781410105684)

Contents: The River of Life Captain Ribnikov The Outrage The Witch Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army officer for several years before he resigned to pursue a writing career, and was a friend of Maxim Gorky. He won fame with The Duel (1905), a novel of protest against the Russian military system. In 1909, Yama: The Pit, his novel dealing with prostitution in Odessa, created a sensation. Kuprin left Russia after the revolution but returned in 1937. Some of his best short stories of action and adventure appear in The Garnet Bracelet, originally published in 1917.

Author: Alexander Kuprin
ISBN-10: 1410105687
ISBN-13: 9781410105684
Publisher: Fredonia Books (NL)
Language: English
Published: 04/15/2004
Pages: 260
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.63lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.08w x 0.64d