Loopy Ears

Synopsis

"Loopy Ears" (Петлистые уши, Petli′stye U′shi) is a short story by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin which was written in 1917 and gave his posthumous 1954 collection its title. The story was first published in the seventh issue of the Slovo anthology (Moscow, 1917) and remains to this day one of the most talked about Bunin's stories, being the first piece of work in Russian literature featuring a serial killer as the main character. Mark Aldanov considered the story one of Bunin's best. Some scholars regard "Loopy Ears" as a dark parody of Crime and Punishment and one striking example of Bunin's deep antagonism towards Fyodor Dostoyevsky and the ideas he represented.

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Details

Type

Book

Release date

January 1, 1917

Created by

Ivan Bunin

Countries

Russia