{"product_id":"9781410106223","title":"Slav Soul And Other Stories, A","description":"The tales selected here are taken from various volumes, and two of them, \"The Elephant\" and \"The White Poodle,\" from a volume specially designed by Kuprin for reading aloud to children. The others are: A Slav Soul; The Song and The Dance; Easter Day; The Idiot; The Picture; Hamlet; Mechanical Justice; The Last Word; Dogs' Happiness; A Clump of Lilacs; Anathema; Tempting Providence; Cain.\u003cbr\u003e Aleksandr 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.","brand":"Press Holdings International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043622764784,"sku":"9781410106223","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781410106223_p0.jpg?v=1763720165","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410106223","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}