The Village by Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
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By Ivan Alekseevich Bunin 30 Jan, 2025
Ivan Bunin’s first published work, The Village is a bleak and uncompromising portrayal of rural life in south-west Russia. Set at the time of the 1905 Revolution and centering on episodes in the lives of two peasant brothers – “char ... Read more

Ivan Bunin’s first published work, The Village is a bleak and uncompromising portrayal of rural life in south-west Russia. Set at the time of the 1905 Revolution and centering on episodes in the lives of two peasant brothers – “characters sunk so far below the average of intelligence as to be scarcely human” – it reveals the pettiness, violence, and ignorance of life on the land. At once nostalgic for a bygone more innocent age and foreshadowing the turbulences of the twentieth century, Bunin’s narrative is a triumph of bitter realism, shot through with the author’s classical style and precision of language.

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Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin (Born in Voronezh, Russian Federation October 22, 1870) was the first Russian writer to win the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was noted for the strict artistry with which he c...
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