Iván Bunin

The Gentleman from San Francisco, and Other Stories

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'The Gentleman from San Francisco' is a short story by the Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Ivan Bunin. A 58-year-old American from San Francisco, having acquired a great fortune, sets off with his wife and daughter on a world tour. After a luxurious cruise, they arrive in Naples, where he is dismayed by the unusually bad winter weather and finds that the city does not meet his expectations. They then go to Capri, where he abruptly dies in the lobby of his fancy hotel, causing a stir among the rich clientele. The second half of the story is concerned with the change in the once-deferential staff's attitude towards the gentleman, and in the dehumanizing way in which his body is treated as it makes its journey out of Italy.
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73 printed pages
Copyright owner
Bookwire
Original publication
2022
Publication year
2022
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