The name of I. A. Bunin is one of the most glorious in the history of Russian literature. His life was full of the sharpest dramatic turns. Fate sometimes raised the writer to the crest of world fame, and sometimes forced him to drag out a miserable existence in exile. This book tells in detail for the first time about Bunin’s life abroad against the colorful background of literary and political emigration. The book contains many new documents—diary entries, Bunin’s letters, and memoirs about him.