{"product_id":"9781847085368-secondhand-reading-chekhov-a-critical-journey","title":"Reading Chekhov: A Critical Journey","description":"In Reading Chekhov Janet Malcolm takes on three roles: literary critic, biographer and journalist. Her close readings of Chekhov's stories and plays are interwoven with episodes from his life and framed by an account of a recent journey she made to St Petersburg. Malcolm demonstrates how the shadow of death that hovered over most of Chekhov's literary career - he became consumptive in his twenties and died in his forties - is almost everywhere reflected in the work. She writes of his childhood, his relationship with his family, his marriage, his travels, his early success, his exile to Yalta - always with an eye to connecting them to his themes and characters.","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48835601367259,"sku":"9781847085368-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/76195fbf-23aa-4d3d-8027-f3636e618a6e.jpg?v=1780446872","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781847085368-secondhand-reading-chekhov-a-critical-journey","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}