If You See the Buddha: Studies in the Fiction of Ivan Bunin

This is an addition to the growing body of critical work on Bunin. In this study Thomas Gaiton Marullo seeks to break the deadlock that has impeded criticism on Bunin for almost a century: first, by establishing him as a ""modern"" writer whose images were thoroughly rooted in the twentieth century; and second, by positing Bunin's abiding interest in Buddhism as a major influence on his writing.