Olesya
3 hrs. 18 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Alexander Kuprin
Author
Alexander Kuprin
Narrator
Valery Tolkov
Narrator
Valery Tolkov
Description
Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin’s prose is distinguished by deep psychological insight, attention to details, and engrossing plots that teach listeners compassion and responsiveness.
One of the strangest texts of its time, “Olesya”—a combination of a romantic-life story in the spirit of Turgenev with a demonological fairy tale: the city hero, entirely belonging to civilization, falls in love with Olesya, the girl who is the granddaughter of a Polesian witch and who also has magical abilities. Modern non-romantic literature runs away from pragmatism; “Olesya” invites pragmatism on an excursion into the secluded lands of Slavic paganism.
It goes without saying that nothing good awaits the characters.
One of the strangest texts of its time, “Olesya”—a combination of a romantic-life story in the spirit of Turgenev with a demonological fairy tale: the city hero, entirely belonging to civilization, falls in love with Olesya, the girl who is the granddaughter of a Polesian witch and who also has magical abilities. Modern non-romantic literature runs away from pragmatism; “Olesya” invites pragmatism on an excursion into the secluded lands of Slavic paganism.
It goes without saying that nothing good awaits the characters.
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