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Longing (Modern Plays)

Longing (Modern Plays)

by WilliamBoyd (Author)

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    Paperback 2013

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Synopsis

All things pass - is this your philosophy? Is there no room for love in your philosophy of life? Renowned and best-selling novelist William Boyd, CBE, adapts two Chekhov short stories, A Visit to Friends and My Life, to weave a comic tale about nineteenth-century Russian provincial life, both familiar and unfamiliar. When Kolia is invited to visit his oldest friends on their Estate in the country he anticipates a pleasant break from Moscow life. But as the comedy of provincial life plays out around him, he finds himself adrift in a miasma of false expectations, missed opportunities, and unspoken passions.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 96
 Publisher: Methuen Drama
Published: 19 Feb 2013
ISBN 10: 1472517458
ISBN 13: 9781472517456
Book Overview: The first play by bestselling author William Boyd, Longing adapts two of Chekhov's short stories, A Visit to Friends and My Life, to weave a comic tale, at once exotic and familiar.

Media Reviews
Fascinating . . . there is real ingenuity here, and a manifest love and understanding of the Russian writer ... Boyd ingeniously combines these two narrative strands . . . a truly Chekhovian atmosphere of rueful longing and the cruel inequality of love . . .this partnership between William Boyd and Anton Chekhov is undoubtedly blessed with both wit and moments of deeper feeling. -- Charles Spencer * Telegraph *
The play itself is a reverent tribute to Chekhov. There is no mistaking the depth of Boyd's immersion in his work -- Henry Hitchings * Evening Standard *
Author Bio
William Boyd is the author of eleven novels, including Waiting for Sunrise. He has won the Whitbread Award; the Somerset Maugham Award; the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the Prix Jean Monnet and the Costa Novel of the Year award. An adaptation of his novel Restless has been produced for the BBC. Longing is his first play.