Old Arkhip sits every day by the roots of a wizened, hunchbacked
willow, fishing and exchanging whispered stories with the ancient
tree. One of these takes Arkhip three decades back in time, to a
quiet day in early spring when a strange encounter shook him
momentarily from the rural bliss in which he lived, catapulting him
into a world of crime, corruption, violence and murder. A
quintessential example of Chekhov’s artistry, ‘The Willow’ is
here accompanied by thirty-two other short stories – some of them
never or rarely translated into English – which are
representative of the three main phases of the author’s career:
the short, light-hearted pieces of the late 1880s, the darker, more
pessimistic tales of his maturity and the psychologically nuanced
stories he wrote towards the end of his life. Taken together, this
collection is further proof of Chekhov’s unparalleled skills as a
practitioner of the short-story genre.
General
Imprint: |
Alma Classics
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
June 2024 |
Authors: |
Anton Chekhov
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Translators: |
Stephen Pimenoff
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Dimensions: |
198 x 128mm (L x W) |
Pages: |
256 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84749-917-2 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-84749-917-1 |
Barcode: |
9781847499172 |
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