About the book: 2017 / Book by writer and literary critic Oleg Mikhailov (1932–2013) “Kuprin” tells the story of the life of the great Russian writer Alexander Ivanovich Kuprin (1870–1960), the author of brilliant stories about the life of ordinary people of the early 20th century. In a historical and biographical novel, based on a huge amount of factual material, the author-researcher talks in vivid and figurative language about the life of the writer, which is largely reflected in his famous works “Garnet Bracelet”, “Olesya”, “Duel”, “The Pit”. The book is part of the golden series “The Lives of Remarkable People”, founded by M. Gorky.