Yama The Pit A Novel in three Parts
By Aleksandr Kuprin
Length13h 55m
About this audiobook
With us, you see, Kuprin makes the reporter Platonov, his mouthpiece, say in Yama, "they write about detectives, about lawyers, about inspectors of the revenue, about pedagogues, about attorneys, about the police, about officers, about sensual ladies, about engineers, about baritones—and really, by God, altogether well—cleverly, with finesse and talent. But, after all, all these people are rubbish, and their life is not life, but some sort of conjured up, spectral, unnecessary delirium of world culture. But there are two singular realities—ancient as humanity itself: the prostitute and the moujik. And about them we know nothing, save some tinsel, gingerbread, debauched depictions in literature..." And, curiously enough, it is another great Russian, Kuprin, who is supreme—if not unique—as a painter of the universal scourge of prostitution, per se; and not as an incidental background for portraits. True, he may not have entirely escaped the strange allure, aforementioned, of the femininity he paints; for femininity—even though fallen, corrupt, abased, is still femininity, one of the miracles of life, to Kuprin, the lover of life. But, even if he may be said to have used too much of the oil of sentimentality in mixing his colours for the portraits, his portraits are subordinate to the background; and there his eye is true and keen, his hand steady and unflinching, his colours and brushwork unimpeachable. (Google)
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.4 (2.3K)
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Mystery and Thriller
Length13 hrs 55 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJan 29, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1INTRODUCTION
22CHAPTER VII.
2PART ONE
23CHAPTER VIII.
3CHAPTER I.
24CHAPTER IX.
4CHAPTER II.
25CHAPTER X.
5CHAPTER III.
26CHAPTER XI.
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6CHAPTER IV.
27CHAPTER XII.
7CHAPTER V.
28CHAPTER XIII.
8CHAPTER VI.
29CHAPTER XIV.
9CHAPTER VII.
30CHAPTER XV.
10CHAPTER VIII.
31CHAPTER XVI.
11CHAPTER IX.
32CHAPTER XVII.
12CHAPTER X.
33PART THREE
13CHAPTER XI.
34CHAPTER I.
14CHAPTER XII.
35CHAPTER II.
15PART TWO
36CHAPTER III.
16CHAPTER I.
37CHAPTER IV.
17CHAPTER II.
38CHAPTER V.
18CHAPTER III.
39CHAPTER VI.
19CHAPTER IV.
40CHAPTER VII.
20CHAPTER V.
41CHAPTER VIII.
21CHAPTER VI.
42CHAPTER IX.
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