{"product_id":"9780241444245","title":"Fifty-Two Stories","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Chekhov, Anton, Pevear, Richard, Volokhonsky, Larissa \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 1 July 2021 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 528 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 28 | 364g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This beautifully produced edition collects, in chronological order, fifty-two of Anton Chekhov's short stories written between 1883 and 1898. It is a 'full deck', intended to reflect the diversity and inventiveness of the author's lesser-known fiction ... compelling and even graceful' The Times Literary SupplementA masterfully rendered volume of Chekhov's stories from award-winning translators Richard Pevear and Larissa VolokhonskyChekhov's genius left an indelible impact on every literary form in which he wrote, but\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enone more so than short fiction. Now, renowned translators Richard Pevear and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky give us their superb renderings of fifty-two Chekhov\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003estories. This volume, which spans the full arc of Chekhov's career\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand includes a number of tales translated into English for the first time,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ereveals the extraordinary variety of his work. Ranging from the farcically\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecomic to the darkly complex, the stories are populated by a remarkable range\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eof characters who come from all parts of Russia, all walks of life, and who,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003etaken together, have democratized the short story.  This is a collection that promises profound\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003edelight.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The premier Russian-to-English translators of the era' The New Yorker'The reinventors of the classic Russian novel for our times' PEN\/Book of the Month Translation Prize Citation\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HUNTS BOOKSHOP LTD","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42735975334128,"sku":"9780241444245","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/8635\/9739\/files\/9780241444245.jpg?v=1713464534","url":"https:\/\/huntsbookshop.pro\/products\/9780241444245","provider":"Hunt's Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}