{"product_id":"reading-chekhov-a-critical-journey","title":"Reading Chekhov : A Critical Journey","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Reading Chekhov Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer and journalist. Her close readings of Chekhov's stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from his life and framed by an account of a recent journey she made to St Petersburg. Malcolm demonstrates how the shadow of death that hovered over most of Chekhov's literary career - he became consumptive in his twenties and died in his forties - is almost everywhere reflected in the work.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e 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 his themes and characters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublished: UK, 2012\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePublisher: Granta\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003ePages: 224\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 13: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e9781847085368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eISBN 10: \u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1847085368\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Malcolm, Janet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45121015677194,"sku":"","price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/9781847085368.jpg?v=1706092061","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/reading-chekhov-a-critical-journey","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}