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The Village

Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin,

Galya Aplin (Translator),

Hugh Aplin (Translator)

3.53 · Rating details · 340 ratings · 30 reviews

A new translation of Nobel Prize–winner Ivan Bunin's first novel Set during the 1905 Revolution in southwest Russia, this is a bleak and uncompromising portrayal of the lives of two peasant brothers, “characters sunk so far below the average of intelligence as to be scarcely human.” With brutal honesty it reveals the pettiness, violence, and ignorance of rural farm life. A ...more

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Published February 1st 2013 by Alma Classics (first published 1910)

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Jan 06, 2022 Malacorda rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Il 2022 si apre con uno dei romanzi più actionless di sempre. Ma se in altri casi la mancanza di azione e di trama è arrivata ad infastidirmi, così non è stato questa volta: la potenza dei paesaggi e la concretezza dei personaggi, pur persi nel loro immobilismo, hanno ampiamente compensato.

D'altro canto, questo romanzo, in quanto "incipit dell'anno" mi ha regalato uno degli incipit più fulminanti che si siano mai letti: "Il bisnonno dei Krassov, soprannominato, fra la servitù, lo Zingaro, era st Il 2022 si apre con uno dei romanzi più actionless di sempre. Ma se in altri casi la mancanza di azione e di trama è arrivata ad infastidirmi, così non è stato questa volta: la potenza dei paesaggi e la concretezza dei personaggi, pur persi nel loro immobilismo, hanno ampiamente compensato.

D'altro canto, questo romanzo, in quanto "incipit dell'anno" mi ha regalato uno degli incipit più fulminanti che si siano mai letti: "Il bisnonno dei Krassov, soprannominato, fra la servitù, lo Zingaro, era stato sbranato dai mastini del suo signore, il capitano di cavalleria Durnovò. Lo Zingaro gli aveva tolto l'amante. Durnovò ordinò di condurre lo Zingaro in un campo fuori dal villaggio e di farlo sedere su un cumulo di terra, poi egli stesso uscì fuori con la sua muta e gridò: "Taiuh!". Lo Zingaro dopo un momento di sbalordimento si diede alla fuga. Ora, sappiamo che non bisogna mai correre davanti ai cani."

All'inizio mi sembrava una saga familiare incentrata su due fratelli, e ripensavo agli Ashkenazi di Singer, salvo poi rendermi conto, come dicevo, che non c'è trama: qui ci sono due fratelli, Tikhon e Kuzma, punto. Entrambi con un passato da mercanti, Tikhon assomiglia più al viscido Porfirij dei Golovlëv, mentre Kuzma è più "tradizionalmente" tolstojano.
Ancor più dei fratelli, protagonista è la vita nei villaggi nelle campagne russe all'inizio del XX secolo, proprio durante la rivoluzione del 1905 (ambientazione affine a quanto si incontra nel Placido Don di Šolochov, solo che qui il punto di vista è dalla parte dei mužik anziché dei cosacchi: apparentemente nessuna differenza, eppure quanto odio dei secondi nei confronti dei primi, quanto timore dei primi innanzi ai secondi).
Per continuare con le similitudini, si trova molto in comune con i Golovlëv di Saltykov-Ščedrin; non certo nello stile e nel tono del discorso, quanto nei temi: il senso di spreco, il senso di annullamento di una intera vita fatta di errori, e la difficoltà di sostenere paesaggi con steppe immense e ancor più immensi cieli. Cieli neri dell'inverno, cieli violacei al crepuscolo, il paesaggio è qui sempre e comunque una presenza incombente e ingombrante. Paesaggi sempre descritti con la stringata precisione che già avevo imparato a conoscere in Bunin nella cronaca dei Giorni Maledetti.

"La testa s'annebbiava. Ora la vita sembrava spalancarglisi davanti, e tutto era gioia, energia, spensieratezza, ora un'oscura sofferenza, una cupa disperazione gli straziavano il cuore."

"Era oppresso dal bisogno di esprimere i suoi sentimenti personali, la sua anima, di esibire tutto quanto faceva parte del martirio della sua vita. E il più terribile era la semplicità, la banalità di quella vita, la facilità inconcepibile con la quale essa si disperdeva in piccolezze."

"La nebbia del crepuscolo nascondeva i campi senza limiti, tutta quell'immensa solitudine, con le sue nevi, i suoi boschi, i suoi borghi, le sue città, regno della carestia e della morte..."

"Ormai la vita è passata, fratello! Ho avuto con me, sai, una cuoca ch'era muta; avevo regalato a quella sciocca, un bel fazzoletto da testa, e lei lo portava, l'usava, ma al rovescio. Comprendi? Per stupidità e avarizia. Le rincresceva portarlo dal dritto tutti i giorni, aspettava un giorno di gran festa. E la giornata festiva venne, ma non le era rimasto altro che un cencio. Così ho fatto io della mia vita. Come è vero!"
Quasi quasi ci trovo dei punti di contatto anche con Donna Rosita nubile di García Lorca.

Si incontra poi una sfilza di personaggi-comparsa la cui vera utilità è quella di fare una sorta di defilé: si descrive il loro abbigliamento, la barba ed i capelli e gli accessori, qualche accenno alla occupazione (o alla non-occupazione) e al carattere, e via che si passa alla comparsa successiva. Tutti questi figuranti messi assieme sono un caleidoscopico campionario del popolo del villaggio russo. "Ma la Russia, tutta la Russia, non è che un villaggio, ficcatelo bene nella zucca! Guardati attorno; siamo in città, è vero? Credi? E non hai visto quel gregge che tutte le sere sfila per le strade, in modo che la polvere sollevata impedisce di vedere il vicino? ...E mi parli di città?"

Non è opera tale da gridare al capolavoro, forse non diventerà uno dei miei preferiti di sempre, ma è pur sempre un altro importante tassello del puzzle e tornerò certamente a leggere altro di Bunin. ...more

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Oct 20, 2021 Armin rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: russian

Zu lange her, um noch den Inhalt im Detail zu würdigen. War als Begleitlektüre zu einem Seminar über Stalinismus über die Weihnachtsferien gedacht, das ich als Erstsemester besuchte. Leider verwechselte ich beim Besuch in der Stadtbücherei Bunin mit dem in einem Nebensatz des Seminarleiters für seine Brillanz gelobten Bulgakow, wie sich nach den Ferien heraus stellte. Habe mir mit dieser Lektüre auch sonst keinen Gefallen getan, sondern mich redlich bemüht das Buch gut zu finden. Besonders frust ...more

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Oct 12, 2021 Boris Nonveiller rated it liked it · review of another edition

Bounine est surtout connu pour ces nouvelles et qu'on on lit Le Village, le premier des trois romans qu'il a écrit, on le comprend encore plus. C'est encore dans la logique du recueil de nouvelles, le Village est une série d'anecdotes montrant la vie d'un village russe et par extension de la campagne russe au tournant du siècle. C'est axé sur le personnage de deux frères, mais c'est surtout des rumeurs, des histoires, des anecdotes. Faut vouloir lire ce genre de livre-là mais ça plonge dans le q ...more

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May 30, 2020 Sandy added it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1900-1919, author-nobel, classics, in-translation, intntl-russia, lit-bday-october, fiction-realism-naturalism, pg-count-200-399, source-gutenberg, audio-ebpub-to-voicedream

I am not rating this book because I have no knowledge on which to base an evaluation. I have dabbled in the works of only a few of the more famous Russian authors, and Russian history is a complete mystery to me. The decision to read this book was another small step in my attempt to explore Russian literature and history. This book “ticks both boxes” - Ivan Bunin was the first Russian author to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature (1933) and this novel describes in vivid detail the lives and re ...more

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Sep 25, 2019 Laura marked it as to-read · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction-20th-century, russian-fiction, gutenberg, novellas

Free download available at Project Gutenberg ...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Insidebooks rated it really liked it · review of another edition

The phrase about all the world being a village is one that kept coming to mind as the reader was introduced to the idea that Russia is a country that shares the same characteristics across its many miles. In the village there are those that have worked hard to gain wealth and position, those that are feckless and unable to do anything other than live a life of toil and often drunkenness and those that look to positions of power to change their fortunes.

Up to 1905 all of them believed they knew t The phrase about all the world being a village is one that kept coming to mind as the reader was introduced to the idea that Russia is a country that shares the same characteristics across its many miles. In the village there are those that have worked hard to gain wealth and position, those that are feckless and unable to do anything other than live a life of toil and often drunkenness and those that look to positions of power to change their fortunes.

Up to 1905 all of them believed they knew the lie of the land but as revolution threatened to topple the status quo and certainly introduced talk of more reforms and a Duma which would carve up land more fairly there must have been a palpable sense of fear.

Seen through the eyes of two brothers, Kuzma and Tikhon, The Village introduces the reader to a cast of characters that cover most of the usual Russian types. The richer of the two peasant brothers who has become a landowner, Tikhon, who owns property and a store, is envied and admired and spends most of his time worried about what could happen if the rebellion spreads and his property is burnt down.

Kuzma it turns out has had a harder life and in some ways is saved by his brother from a life of poverty but he is much more sensitive. The differences between them are highlighted most clearly over their attitude towards a servant woman Bride. Tikhon rapes her but Kuzma sees her more in a fatherly light even harboring some feelings towards her that cause him great pain when Bride is forced into a marriage.

This is a brilliant portrayal of a world that is ugly and harsh. There is no gloss here with Russian counts and duchesses dancing at balls this is grim life. Mud, millet and misery are the things you are left thinking about. The brother's each in their own way aspire to escaping that drudgery.

But by the end, regardless of whether or not the Duma, the Russian parliament, will introduce changes or not the brothers sell up and plan to escape the village.

But as we know the brutality, harshness and misery of the village is replicated elsewhere and the brothers might succeed in escaping their own specific situation but not Russia. ...more

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Sep 08, 2019 Dina rated it liked it · review of another edition

اهم ما يميز هذه الرواية (ان صحت تسميتها رواية) قدرة الكاتب على السخرية الممزوجة بالمأساة. هو أيضا يأخذك من مشهد الى آخر بطريقة متقنة و سريعة حتى ترسم الوجه الكلي للقرية. يحاول الكتاب توضيح طبيعة حياة الروسيين آنذاك بحيث يصور حياة الشقيقين الذان افترقا، فأصبح الأول إقطاعيا و الثاني كاتبا فقيرا. ثم تجمعهم الظروف ليبين بعض آرائهم المتنافرة. ولكن العجيب انه على اختلاف طريقة عيش كل من الأخوين، توصل كلاهما الى عبثية الحياة الموحشة. و سأنقل هنا جملة من الكتاب اعتقد انها تلخص الفكرة بإسهاب تتحدث عن احد ...more

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Aug 13, 2019 كاثرين added it · review of another edition

تفاصيل حميمة عن الحياة اليومية
الرواية مليئة بالاقتباسات الرائعة

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Oct 02, 2013 Ela rated it liked it

Recommends it for: Someone who wants to be challenged

Shelves: russia, historical

This comment makes me feel a bit like a middle school teacher, but Ivan where are your paragraphs? Where are your chapters? Do you not understand that 1 paragraph encompassing multiple conversations over a period of several weeks may be a little confusing? Trust me, it is a serious endurance test.

I didn't hate this book but it was hard work. I was hoping I would be enlightened and suddenly have total understanding of Russia in 1905, if anything I'm more confused.

Okay, so maybe it is a little pre ...more

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Jul 31, 2017 Jonathan Bogart rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 1910s-box, modernism-1890-1940

It was perhaps the density of Bunin's prose, the unremitting solemnity and savage squalidity of his leaden description, and the variably-intelligible translation all put together, which has acted as a dead weight on my trip through the literature of the 1910s. It's Naturalism, I suppose, but with a specific strategic aim: to show how worthless and unsustainable provincial peasant life in Tsarist Russia was. Bunin wasn't particularly enamored of the Revolution either (unlike Gorky, he kept a brow ...more

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Oct 17, 2013 Val rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: world-extra, temp

Tolstoy should have won Russia's first Nobel Prize for Literature, but in fact that honour went to Ivan Bunin for this portrait of rural peasant life. It is considerably less idealised than than Tolstoy, Bunin's peasants are more likely to be ignorant and brutish than noble, but both authors are telling the truth as they saw it. This was first published in 1910, but set around 1905 and the first Russian Revolution. ...more

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Jul 03, 2018 Adrian rated it it was ok · review of another edition

This is more a portrayal of life in rural Russia during the 1905 Revolution. Fantastic insight to understand the accumulation of social and economic challenges faced by the vast majority of Russians, but as a novel I believe it is quite disjointed. There are many characters that have no relevance to the story. Great for social insight but little more.

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Feb 28, 2017 Jerry Pogan rated it liked it · review of another edition

A good book but not great. The story follows two brothers during the time that the revolution was about to happen and is more a description of the harsh life of rural Russia without much of a real plot. The edition I read could have used a good editor because of the numerous misspellings.

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Oct 19, 2011 Alyona rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

very unique piece of russian literature. highly recommended

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Oct 11, 2020 Alina rated it liked it · review of another edition

Интересненько
"Прадеда Красовых, прозванного на дворе Цыганом, затравил борзыми барин Дурново. Цыган отбил у него, у своего господина, любовницу. Дурново приказал вывести Цыгана в поле, за Дурновку, и посадить на бугре. Сам же выехал со сворой и крикнул: "Ату его!" Цыган, сидевший в оцепенении, кинулся бежать. А бегать от борзых не следует."

"Ездил по уезду, жил одно время в родной Дурновке,завёл было там лавочку, но прогорел, запил, воротился в город и помер."

"А женившись, взяв приданого, "докона Интересненько
"Прадеда Красовых, прозванного на дворе Цыганом, затравил борзыми барин Дурново. Цыган отбил у него, у своего господина, любовницу. Дурново приказал вывести Цыгана в поле, за Дурновку, и посадить на бугре. Сам же выехал со сворой и крикнул: "Ату его!" Цыган, сидевший в оцепенении, кинулся бежать. А бегать от борзых не следует."

"Ездил по уезду, жил одно время в родной Дурновке,завёл было там лавочку, но прогорел, запил, воротился в город и помер."

"А женившись, взяв приданого, "доконал" потомка обнищавших Дурново,полного, ласкового барчука, лысого на двадцать пятом году, но с великолепной каштановой бородой. И мужики так и ахнули от гордости, когда взял он дурновское именьице: ведь чуть не вся Дурновка состоит из Красовых!"

"Без детей человек - не человек. Так, обсевок какой-то..."

"Это было не умно, но он уже давно заметил, что есть в нём ещё кто-то - глупей его."

"Как коротка и бестолкова жизнь!"

"- Ну я так не думаю, возразил Кузьма. - Я, брат, - как бы это тебе сказать? - странный русский тип.
- Я и сам русский человек, имей в виду, - вставил Тихон Ильич.
- Да иной. Не хочу сказать, что я лучше тебя, но - иной. Ты вот, вижу, гордишься, что ты русский, а я, брат, ох, далеко не славянофил! Много баять не подобает, но скажу одно: не хвалитесь вы, за-ради бога, что вы - русские. Дикий мы народ!"

"Русская, брат, музыка: жить по-свинячьи скверно, а всё-таки живу и буду жить по-свинячьи!" ...more

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Jun 10, 2017 Mia rated it liked it · review of another edition

I really enjoyed reading it. It's not as dramatic but somehow still fairly easy and fun to read. The first part of this book is actually really dark and offers great insight into russian society as a whole! I will definitely read more from this author ...more

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Feb 20, 2022 Andry rated it did not like it · review of another edition

I don't know what I've read...I liked Bunin's "dark avenues" and I wanted to read something else, but I was super disappointed from "the village" ...more

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Sep 22, 2020 Anwar Alsaleh rated it liked it · review of another edition

ممل نوعاً ما ، تفاصيل كثيرة

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Jul 04, 2021 Abdulaziz added it · review of another edition

This book is not about the details, because there is no moral to get. It is about sharing the same feeling of misery felt by the people of the village.

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Oct 18, 2018 Alexander Sokolov added it · review of another edition

Много незнакомых слов о той, которую мы, слава богу, потеряли

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Mar 20, 2017 Hillevi rated it really liked it · review of another edition

svåraste och tyngsta jag läst på länge. ryssland är obeboeligt och resten av världen likaså.

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Sep 02, 2019 زهرة نيسان added it · review of another edition

القرية....
ايفان بونين....
يعد الشاعر والأديب الروسي ايفان بونين المولود عام 1870 من الكتاب الذين اعتنوا عناية خاصة بالبيئة وخاصة الريف الروسي ...إذ يجد القارىء صدى المكان الريفي بتفاصيله الدقيقة بين ثنايا صفحات مؤلفاته... وقد أشار بونين نفسه إلى عمق علاقته بالأرض الريفية بقوله:"
إن ذكريات الطفولة ارتبطت منذ أن كنت في سن السابعة بالحقول وبيوت الفلاحين وساكنيها." فلا عجب اذا أن يلحظ القارىء الحضور القوي للفلاح والأرض والحقول في جل ماكتبه...وتعد روايته " القرية" التي أثارت ضجة كبيرة في الأوساط الأدب القرية....
ايفان بونين....
يعد الشاعر والأديب الروسي ايفان بونين المولود عام 1870 من الكتاب الذين اعتنوا عناية خاصة بالبيئة وخاصة الريف الروسي ...إذ يجد القارىء صدى المكان الريفي بتفاصيله الدقيقة بين ثنايا صفحات مؤلفاته... وقد أشار بونين نفسه إلى عمق علاقته بالأرض الريفية بقوله:"
إن ذكريات الطفولة ارتبطت منذ أن كنت في سن السابعة بالحقول وبيوت الفلاحين وساكنيها." فلا عجب اذا أن يلحظ القارىء الحضور القوي للفلاح والأرض والحقول في جل ماكتبه...وتعد روايته " القرية" التي أثارت ضجة كبيرة في الأوساط الأدبية انذاك مثالا على تجاهه الروائي القريب من المدرسة الواقعية الطبيعية والتى تُعد أيضا السبب الحقيقي وراء شهرته الواسعة في روسيا وخارجها...
في هذه الرواية جعل بونين من البيئة البطل الحقيقي للقصة وأفرغ لها مساحات كثيرة وخاض في أدق تفاصيلها ....تربتها...مناخها...محاصيلها...بيوت ساكنيها...مأكلهم ومشربهم...قدم لنا لوحة متكاملة عن الحياة هناك بصعوباتها وببساطتها كذلك...رصد بدء التحول من النظام الإقطاعي والعبودية الإقطاعية والانقلاب الصناعي حينئذ وأثر ذلك على السكان وأهالي الأرياف...فمن خلال الأخوين كراسوف "تيخون التاجر الإقطاعي وكوزما الشاعر الباحث عن الحياة بين الكلمات" درس الكاتب العلاقة بين الإنسان والأرض ...حاول أن ينقل لنا دقائق مايحدث يوميا في أرض ولادة خيرة لكن أهلها جوعى كماجاء على لسان تيخون : " أرضنا خصبة لكننا نموت من الجوع."
بأناة وصبر وقف بالقارىء على يوميات الروسي الباحث عن لقمة العيش ....صور البيئة ببرودتها وعنف عواصفها ونهارها المشمس على استحياء...اطلعه على العادات والتقاليد السائدة هناك...جعله يتذوق طعامهم وشرابهم ...وتنقل معه بين المزارع وحظائر الحيوانات...فألف تلك المعيشة وكأنه يحياها بخصوصيتها ...
صاغ فلسفته للحياة بأسلوب معلمه تولستوي وقدوته بوشكين الذي كان الأقرب له..
اقترب بفكره من معاني الموت الذي يجرد الأشياء من جمالها ويقصيها بعيدا....فالموت لا يكون في هيئة واحدة تعتمد على سلب الجسد فقط ومواراته التراب...بل
له أشكال عدة بمعاني مختلفة...فهو يتجسد في ترك الإنسان عاجزا عن تأمين قوت يومه ..تنعكس صورته في حرمان الفرد من الذرية وتركه جذرا يابسا لا ثمار له مهما سعى للحيلولة دون حدوث ذلك...الموت في رغبة الإنسان إحداث تغيير في ذاته ينأى به عن المذلة والمهانة...وبالتالي موت الروح وابتعادها كليا ...فالمتتبع لأحداث هذه الرواية من بداية سطورها وحتى النهاية يستطيع أن يلمح مظاهر الفكر الخاص بالكاتب وعقيدته التي يؤمن بها ....فانعدام بريق الحياة يمتد ليشمل البيئة والإنسان معا وكأنهما يشكلان حلفا واحدا يستمد أحدهما قوته من الاخر...وضعف أحدهما يؤثر بالآخر كذلك.....
قرية بونين ليست سطورا وصفية بل هي تأريخ للمكان واعتناء به وتعظيم لفكرة العدم التي نستطيع رؤيتها في مشاهد الرواية .... وتبجيل لغير الأحياء باعتبار الأرض الرحم الأوسع والحضن الأكبر ولعل هذا مامنحها الحظوة بين النقاد وجعلها البوابة التي ولج من خلالها الكاتب عالم الشهرة...
بونين هو الارستقراطي الذي عشق الريف فتنفس قلمه ذاك الهوى وصاغه لوحات أدبية ذات أبعاد أدبية تستحق أن تدرس.... ...more

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Sep 16, 2019 Scott rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Grim and poetic, Bunin's descriptions of the brutal reality of Russian peasant life is a tough read but worthwhile for those interested in delving into the meaning of a small life ground out on the frozen steppes. ...more

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Jun 04, 2013 Richard rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: re-reading-for-the-umpteenth-time, all-time-favorites, favorites, midway-thru

green withers pink hooves yellow turkeys , lilac skies, this is a funny and black book by a master .... the Bunin " brocade" began here , I imagine Chagall being Russian Orthodox and a writer and voila! No magical realism but beautiful nonetheless ...more

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Feb 28, 2011 علياء rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: روايات

رواية رائعة استمتعت جداً بقراءتها

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Mar 24, 2014 Kaarel rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: vene, book-i-own

Trööstitu ja perspektiivitu külaelu 20. sajandi alguse Venemaal läbi kahe venna silmade.

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Feb 13, 2019 Zareena rated it did not like it · review of another edition

كتاب يتحدث عن تفاصيل كثيره جدا عن الحياه في روسيا ويدعك تشعر انك لابد ان تلبس بوت للمطر والطين وانت تقراه من كثرت التفاصيل

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About Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin

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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Russian: Иван Алексеевич Бунин) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he carried on the classical Russian traditions in the writing of prose and poetry. The texture of his poems and stories, sometimes referred to as "Bunin brocade", is considered to be one of the richest in the language.

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