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The Undiscovered Chekhov: Fifty New Stories

The Undiscovered Chekhov: Fifty New Stories

by A . P . Chekhov (Author), PeterConstantine (Translator)

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    Hardcover 2001

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Synopsis

Translator Peter Constantine discovered Chekhov's early stories in the New York Public Library collection of rare Russian magazines. They had never been published in English before and instantly attracted wide debate, not least because of their surprising vivacity and the light they shed on Chekhov's later work. Constantine's translation of forty-three stories was first published in the USA. This volume includes an additional seven stories.

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Format: Hardcover
 Pages: 238
 Publisher: Duck Editions
Published: 27 Apr 2001
ISBN 10: 0715631063
ISBN 13: 9780715631065

Author Bio
Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) is regarded as one of the world's modern masters as both playwright and short-story writer. When he wrote these stories he was just 26 but he had come into his own as a prolific writer of astonishing talent and output, having published over four hundred short stories and vignettes as well as two books of stories. He had written his first series of eight plays and was about to begin writing his first major theatrical success: Ivanov. At the same time he was energetically studying medicine and supporting his parents and two older brothers. His achievement would be recognised within two years when he was awarded the Pushkin Prize in 1888, the most prestigious literary award in Russia. Gifted translator Peter Constantine's Six Early Stories by Thomas Mann received the 1997 PEN /Book-of-the-Month-Club Translation Prize. His work has appeared in the New Yorker and Harper's among others and he is currently at work on a new translation of Dostoyevsky's Ilouse of the Dead. He lives in New York City.