{"_id":"6292c393fa5c01e51eff5e83","title":"Sasha","publish_year":1920,"author":"Aleksandr I. Kuprin","code":"sasha","words":9211,"image":"fiddle.jpg","image_alt":"A fiddle and bow. Graphite filter.","genres":["tragedy","literary"],"blurb":"Everyone was overpowered by the desire to sing. Softened by beer, by his own kindness, and even by the coarse delight that his music was giving to others, Sasha was ready to play anything.","description":"Fishermen, merchants and thieves alike come to the Gambrinous to drink, revel and most of all to see the legendary Sasha play on his fiddle. But on Russia’s horizon is war, and much worse.","rating":5,"original_language":"Russian","translators":["Douglas Ashby"],"has_review":true,"has_collections":false}