Light breath: Ivan Bunin

Among the creative heritage of the great Russian writer and poet, the Laureate of the Nobel Prize Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870-1953), the works of the small genre occupy a special place. It was in the stories that the author’s skill reached perfection: the unity of form and content, the depth of thought and feelings, the purity of the syllable make these small works with real examples of Russian classical prose of the late XIX – the first half of the 20th century. This book presents such masterpieces of the master as “Easy Breath”, “Antonov apples”, “Grammar of Love”, “Sunny Bun”, “Mr. from San Francisco”, “Dreams of Chang” and others. These texts, telling about love, death, memory, about the life of the heart, unites interest in the inner world of man, the intricacies of psychology, the eternal riddles of human existence. The inaccessibility of a simple understanding of the secrets of being, the unknowable of final truths, according to the writer, only confirm the enduring value of the human soul.

Author
Bunin Ivan Alekseevich
Publisher
Ig Lenizdat, 2013
Series
Lenizza-classic