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Synopsis
In "Reading Chekhov" Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer and journalist. Her close readings of the stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from Chekhov's life and framed by an account of a recent journey she made to St Petersburg. Writing of Chekhov's life, Malcolm demonstrates how the shadow of death that hovered over most of his literary career - he became consumptive in his 20s and died in his 40s - is almost everywhere reflected in the work. She writes of his childhood, his relationship with his family, his marriage, his travels, his early success, his exile to Yalta - always with an eye to connecting them to the themes and characters of the stories and plays.
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Review
'One of the best things ever written on its subject...a generous spread of marvellously subtle observations about Chekhov’s fiction’ -- The Spectator
'She is like no other critic I have ever read: limpid, revelatory and startlingly attentive to every nuance' -- John Lloyd, Financial Times
'The cumulative effect is overpowering: it is impossible to put this book down and not feel that one knows Chekhov much better' -- Anne Applebaum, Sunday Telegraph
Its humdrum title and calm, meditative tone conceal a furious, restless sensibility...No one writes non-fiction quite like Janet Malcolm’ -- New York Times Book Review
‘Delightfully produced and charmingly written......the verve and energy of her writing...will send one back to the stories to test her assertion’ -- Evening Standard
About the Author
Janet Malcolm's previous books include In the Freud Archives and The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. She lives in New York.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1862075867
- ISBN 13 9781862075863
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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