Books by Alexander Kuprin
“The protagonist, Erast Fandorin, a gentleman sleuth, travels to 19th-century Yokohama and gets into all sorts of adventures. There are 2 volumes. The first is constructed as a haiku, the Japanese three-liner of 17 syllables, with a non-transparent meaning. There are 17 chapters and the end is totally non-transparent. The second volume, much bigger, explains the mystery. Captain Rybnikov is an important character there. And my novel starts with the same paragraph as Kuprin’s novella.” Read more...
Boris Akunin, Thriller and Crime Writer
Interviews where books by Alexander Kuprin were recommended
Five Mysteries Set in Russia, recommended by Boris Akunin
The golden age of mystery largely passed Russia by, but that doesn’t mean there weren’t some great crime novels produced over the last 150 years. Bestselling crime novelist Boris Akunin, who was born Grigory Chkhartishvili in Soviet Georgia and now lives in exile in London, recommends five Russian mysteries—great works of literature that happen to also have a crime at their heart. If you’d like to see Boris/Grigory in person, he’s speaking at the Oxford Literary Festival on 18 March, 2024 at 6pm.
