Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer pilot explorer and adventurerwho is perhaps best known for his masterpiece The Duel. Yama tells the story ofthe ... » 

Aleksandr Ivanovich Kuprin was a Russian writer pilot explorer and adventurerwho is perhaps best known for his masterpiece The Duel. Yama tells the story ofthe everyday life of the prostitutes in Odessa. This book is an overwhelmingtruthful and staggering indictment of the immemorial evil of prostitution. Nosheepish morality is here but sheer stark truth. «