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The Duel

work by Kuprin

Also known as: “Poyedinok”

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In Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin
…fame came with Poyedinok (1905; The Duel), a realistically sordid picture of the emptiness of life in a remote military garrison. Its appearance during the Russo-Japanese War coincided with and confirmed a national wave of antimilitary sentiment. Kuprin wrote prolifically; his subjects might be best described by the title of…
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