A biography of the writer Chekhov in the context of the evolution of his art.
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Philip Callow is the author of a number of highly acclaimed biographies: Chekhov: The Hidden Ground, Vincent Van Gogh, Lost Earth: A Life of Cézanne, and Son and Lover: The Young D.H. Lawrence.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Constable, 1998. Hardback, d/j, 8vo, xiv,428pp, illust. D/j a little bumped and slightly marked. A fair copy. 0094767408/0.9uk . (Please note that our condition gradings are stricter than those of Abebooks and many other sellers. There may therefore be a discrepancy between this description and its listed condition grading). Seller Inventory # 364460
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. No notes or highlighting. Gift message in front. See images. Fantastic book. About the book >.>.> Philip Callow's new biography of Russia's greatest dramatist and storyteller is a major achievement. Examining Chekhov's life with- in the context of his art, Callow finds him as- tonishingly modern: the new kind of man, un- comfortable in the world and refusing to sen- timentalize his unease. His irony is as modern as Beckett's; he is, as Arthur Miller has said. "in nearly every way our contemporary." In his personal life he is as understated as in his work. But the love theme that is central to his biography and his art, which Callow explores with a novelist's skills and sensitivities, has been somehow slighted byChekhov scholars. It is the hidden ground from which his work sprang and on which his divided life stood. We must constantly remind ourselves that Chekhov was for years a doctor first and a writer second, seeing writing as a frivolous, ir- relevant activity. He exhausted himself with this double life and was soon in bad health. The exhortations of characters in his plays (". Seller Inventory # Batch-FM250-VG-6508
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