#122 A Cold Autumn- Ivan Bunin
Bunin was the first Russian to win the Nobel Prize for
Literature. Although his anti-communist beliefs forced him to flee, he was the
first exiled author to be published in the USSR.
This is the eve of World War I. A family goes through the
emotions of separation before war. “We
sat quietly that evening, only occasionally exchanging the odd insignificant
word, hiding our innermost thoughts and feelings with exaggerated calm.”
A young couple not yet married talk of the what-ifs and the
promises young couples make when discussing an uncertain future. He dies before
they could get married and she lives on, although not without regret.
“Only that cold autumn evening…And that is all there’s been
in my life. All the rest has been a useless dream.” Can you tell this is
Russian literature?
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