The Star of Solomon

This collection of the outstanding Russian writer Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin will take listeners into a mysterious world where reality and mysticism intertwine and become indistinguishable!

"Olesya," "The Garnet Bracelet," "Sulamith," "The Duel"—Alexander Kuprin’s works cover a wide range of topics: social, military, romantic. But this collection opens the reader to a different Kuprin—a guide into a mysterious world where reality and mysticism intertwine and become indistinguishable.

A young, unremarkable minor official, Ivan Stepanovich Tsvet, accidentally solves a mysterious puzzle and gains possession of a "secret" that is more than thirty centuries old. From now on, everything he thinks about begins to come true. Tsvet becomes rich, successful, and famous—but is he happy? After all, every fulfilled wish has consequences…

Contents:

The Star of Solomon

Moloch

Psyche

On a Moonlit Night

Madness

Horror

The Silver Wolf

Mechanical Justice

A Voice from There

Gatchina Ghost

Pagani­ni’s Violin

The Night Violet