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A symbolic and reflective story using the image of an elephant to explore wonder, perception, and childhood imagination. It contrasts innocence with adult rationality. Translated from Russian by Rosa Savary Graham and Stephen Graham Originally published in 1907
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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