The Cursed Days

Included in the school reading program for grades 10-11.
Ivan Alexeevich Bunin (1870-1953) — Russian writer, poet, translator, Nobel Prize laureate in literature of 1933.
"The Cursed Days" — a diary of a Russian intellectual who is deeply affected by the events of 1917 and the subsequent Civil War. Bunin perceives the revolution as a personal tragedy, horrified by the rampant lawlessness, cruelty, and hunger. Bunin's diary entries, made in Moscow and Odessa from 1918 to 1920, are filled with pain and disappointment over what is happening. The author yearns for the lost Russia, he does not strive for objectivity, but shares his feelings, which makes the book "The Cursed Days" truly valuable.
The collection also includes articles and memoirs by I. A. Bunin.