Dark Alleys

The famous Russian writer and Nobel Prize laureate Ivan Alexeyevich Bunin (1870 - 1953) can be seen as a destroyer of stereotypes about the classics of literature. Bunin was a witty and subtle connoisseur of beauty and loved 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 — not money, nor even fame. However, both of these are excellent «helpers of love»! Love is the main theme of «Dark Alleys,» which Bunin considered his best work. In the brilliant stories, all the facets, half-tones, and shades of the great feeling are revealed, a feeling that sometimes takes a lifetime to comprehend…