Pit

The story "Yama" A. I. Kubrin began writing in 1909 and completed work in six years. The book about the life of prostitutes caused a condemnation rather than sympathy or understanding. The author was accused of immorality and excessive naturalism. A sharp negative was the attitude towards the story of L. N. Tolstoy (by the way, the author"s scandalous "cracker sonata"), who was never able to read it to the end: "disgusting", "rudeness cynic", "this is an abomination", "so gadko" . And as if in the peak of Tolstoy, one of the heroes" pit "says:" ... our artists words are the most conscientious and most sincere world of artists - for some reason, the prostitution and a public house still managed. Why? Right, it"s hard for me to answer it. <...> Maybe they do not have enough time nor dedication, neither self-confinement to delve into this life and survived it close, without prejudice, without loud phrases, without a sheep"s pity, in all its monstrous simplicity and everyday business. Oh, what it would be a huge, stunning and truthful book ". Kuprin managed to create a book, really awesome by his truthfulness, and dedicated her mothers and junior