Malcolm, Janet

New York. 2001. November 2001. Random House. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Dustjacket. 0375506683. 213 pages. hardcover. Jacket photograph courtesy of the author. Jacket design by Robbin Schiff. keywords: Literature Russia Anton Chekhov Biography Literary Criticism . FROM THE PUBLISHER - To illuminate the mysterious greatness of Anton Chekhov's writings, Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer, and journalist. Her close readings of the stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from Chekhov's life and framed by an account of Malcolm's journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow, and Yalta. She writes of Chekhov's childhood, his relationships, his travels, his early success, and his self-imposed ‘exile' - always with an eye to connecting them to themes and characters in his work. Lovers of Chekhov as well as those new to his work will be transfixed by Reading Chekhov. Janet Malcolm's previous books are Diana and Nikon: Essays on Photography; Psychoanalysis: The Impossible Profession; In the Freud Archives; The Journalist and the Murderer; The Purloined Clinic: Selected Writings; The Silent Woman: Slyvia Plath and Ted Hughes; and The Crime of Sheila McGough. She lives in New York with her husband, Gardner Botsford. inventory #25091 ISBN: 0375506683.