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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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"One of the most gratifying things about "Reading Chekhov" is its quiet, vigorous defense of the prerogatives of criticism against the imperial banality of biography." --"The New York Times Book Review
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"[A] thoughtful and sensitive study . . . A great part of the charm and the skill of Janet Malcolm's book lies in the very Chekhovian way she mingles personal with critical comment, taking us not only through Chekhov's stories but through the removals and journeys of his life and her own travels in quest of his Russian haunts." --"The New York Review of Books"
"With the gentle inevitability of a balloon lofting skyward, the discourse effortlessly ascends from chatter to contemplation to genuinely brilliant critique. . . . With its balance of distilled perception and companionable spirit, "Reading Chekhov" embodies the same qualities it celebrates." --"San Francisco Chronicle"
Malcolm is captivating whatever her subject. --Observer
About the Author
Janet Malcolm's previous books include In the Freud Archivesand The Silent Woman: Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes. She lives in New York.
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- PublisherGranta Books
- Publication date2004
- ISBN 10 1862076359
- ISBN 13 9781862076358
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages224
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