This collection of short stories depicts human relationships, encounters, landscapes and the multitude of details that make up human life.
With an Introduction and Notes by Joe Andrew, Professor of Russian Literature, Keele University. Anton Chekhov is widely regarded as one of the greatest writers of short stories. He constructs stories where action and drama are implied rather than described openly, and which leave much to the
"Lively and detailed." --Michael Hofmann, New York Times Book Review "What Freedman's book does, and more thoroughly than any of the other biographies, is to retell Rilke's story meticulously and with a welcome attention to the circumambient social and political circumstances." --Michael André
