Born in Russia in 1872, Mikhail Kuzmin was a prominent novelist, poet, playwright and critic. He was a leading contributor to Russia’s Silver Age of Poetry, publishing the first substantial volume of free verse in Russian literature, and is best known as the first Russian writer to tackle the issue of homosexuality.
New to St Petersburg, young, naive Vanya Smurov finds a mentor in the enigmatic and intellectual Larion Stroop, who initiates him into a fascinating sphere of art and beauty. As Vanya
is drawn into Stroop's world of aesthetic sensuality, he also becomes aware that Stroop is a frequenter...
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