The Grammar of Love

By: Ivan Bunin

Narrated by: Mark Bowen

Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.

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Narrator’s Curious Speech Pattern Was Distracting

I have grown to think of Bunin as among my favorite fifteen or twenty short storyists. The narrator out reader is good but his curious way of dropping the time of his voice about every five or so words was distracting. Since this is one of very few of Bunin’s works available on audible, I do recommend it.