Anton Chekhov: A Life - Brossura

Rayfield, Donald

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ISBN 10: 0810117959 ISBN 13: 9780810117952

Casa editrice: Northwestern Univ Pr, 2000

Riassunto

Anton Chekhov's life was short, intense, and dominated by battles, both with his dependents and with the tuberculosis that killed him at age forty-four. The traditional image of Chekhov is that of the restrained artist torn between medicine and literature. But Donald Rayfield's biography reveals the life long hidden behind the noble facade. Here is a man capable of both great generosity toward needy peasants and harsh callousness toward lovers and family, a man who craved with equal passion the company of others and the solitude necessary to create his art. Based on information from Chekhov archives throughout Russia, Rayfield's work has been hailed as a groundbreaking examination of the life of a literary master.A new biography of the great author and playwright.

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L'autore:

Donald Rayfield (born 1942) is professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary, University of London. He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia.

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• Editore: Northwestern Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0810117959
• ISBN 13: 9780810117952
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 674