Roach Hole
Author: Alexander Kuprin
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Languages: RU, English
Genre: Historical, Satire, Short story
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A narrator recalls his irrepressible friend, the Black Roach, whose wild career mirrors the absurdities and anxieties of pre-revolutionary Russia.
Characters
- the Black Roach — the narrator’s irrepressible acquaintance: A proud, disinterested, feverishly indignant schemer who passes through one improbable role after another.
- the narrator — friend and witness: He watches the Roach’s fate with tenderness and alarm.