{"product_id":"the-village","title":"La aldea","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat happens when two brothers seek different escapes from a village neither can leave behind?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn Durnovka, hunger, drink and old cruelties shape daily life. Tikhon Krasov, a shopkeeper and innkeeper, trusts money, work and caution to protect him from the poverty he knows. His younger brother, Kuzma, reads and writes verse, searching instead for meaning. They share a beginning, but their hopes pull them along opposite roads.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAround them, the old order loses its hold. News of the unrest of 1905 reaches the village in scraps and rumors, bringing a wider crisis close to home. In The Village, Ivan Alekseevich Bunin looks beneath shops, weddings and quarrels to ask how poverty, ignorance and inherited cruelty shape both ordinary people and a nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBrothers on opposite roads\u003c\/strong\u003e – Follow Tikhon and Kuzma as money and meaning offer different answers to the same hard beginnings.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCountry life without comfort\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enter Durnovka, where neighbors, rivals and drinkers reveal a countryside stripped of reassuring illusions.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eUnrest at the door\u003c\/strong\u003e – Feel the uncertainty as scraps of news bring Russia’s wider turmoil into village life.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA nation in daily life\u003c\/strong\u003e – Explore Bunin’s suggestion that a country’s troubles take root in everyday poverty and cruelty.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA poet’s close attention\u003c\/strong\u003e – Discover plain, closely observed storytelling that leaves you room to judge what you see.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers drawn to unsparing realism, Russian history, and fiction about families and class, or curious about Bunin before his later stories.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and meet the brothers whose different hopes grow from the same unforgiving ground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534679146844,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/07388_en_ebook-front_c13.jpg?v=1792175078","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/es\/products\/la-aldea","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}