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An exoticised tale set in an Eastern setting, centred on passion, honour, and fate. Kuprin uses vivid imagery to show how desire can lead to irreversible consequences. Translated from Russian by Leo Pasvolsky Originally published in 1906
Aleksandr I. Kuprin
Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer best known for his novels The Duel (1905) and Yama: The Pit (1915), as well as Moloch (1896), Olesya (1898), "Captain Ribnikov" (1906), "Emerald" (1907), and The Garnet Bracelet (1911) – the latter made into a 1965 movie.
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