Dark Alleys

The famous Russian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Ivan Alekseevich Bunin (1870 - 1953) can be seen as a destroyer of stereotypes about literary classics. Bunin was a witty and subtle connoisseur of beauty and liked to repeat, for example,... "Lord, grant me chastity, but not yet..." He said that one must grow old to understand that there is nothing more precious in the world than love — neither money nor even fame. However, both are excellent for helping love! Love is the main theme of "Dark Alleys," which Bunin considered his best work. In these brilliant stories are all the facets, shades, and nuances of the great feeling, the understanding of which sometimes requires a lifetime...