{"product_id":"9781410105684","title":"The River of Life and Other Stories","description":"Contents:\u003cbr\u003eThe River of Life Captain Ribnikov The Outrage The Witch\u003cp\u003eAleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin (1870-1938) was Russian novelist and short-story writer. He was an army officer for several years before he resigned to pursue a writing career, and was a friend of Maxim Gorky. He won fame with The Duel (1905), a novel of protest against the Russian military system. In 1909, Yama: The Pit, his novel dealing with prostitution in Odessa, created a sensation. Kuprin left Russia after the revolution but returned in 1937. Some of his best short stories of action and adventure appear in The Garnet Bracelet, originally published in 1917.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Press Holdings International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47049248080112,"sku":"9781410105684","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781410105684_p0.jpg?v=1763720374","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410105684","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}