Graham Hettlinger`s brilliant translations of Bunin`s stories in Sunstroke (2002) were widely acclaimed. In The Elagin Affair, Mr. Hettlinger continues to acquaint English-language readers with a Bunin they may not have appreciated. The Elagin Affair contains two of the author`s greatest novellas, the title piece and Mitya`s Love, as well as a broad range of stories written between 1900 and 1940 and centered on themes of love, loss, and the Russian landscape, including several of Bunin`s most haunting stories from his final collection, Dark Avenues.