The Abyss and Other Stories

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As the young Zinaida and her sweetheart, the student Nemovetsky, stroll through the idyllic Russian countryside, their memories, dreams and thoughts about life and the future mingle in the evening breeze. But when night falls, they hasten to retrace their steps back to town through a small wood, where they are accosted by three threatening drunkards, who knock Nemovetsky unconscious and start to chase the girl through the underwood. When the young student comes round, he is confronted with the horror of what has just happened. Haunting, disquieting, shocking, The Abyss one of the most powerful short stories ever written is accompanied in this volume by fifteen other stories by Andreyev, including Silence, The Thief and Lazarus, some of them never translated before into English. Together, they provide a clear account of the lasting legacy of Russias foremost man of letters of the early twentieth century.

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If there has ever been a Russian writer who mirrored his or her own creation completely, it was surely Leonid Andreyev. Haunting, disturbing, disquieting dark, passionate, pompous, discordant, controversial whichever word of power you choose, it is likely to describe both Andreyev and his writing. -- Vlad Zhenevsky * Weird Fiction Review *

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A writer of plays, short stories and novels, Leonid Andreyev (18711919) is considered to be the leading exponent of the Silver Age of Russian literature.