Reading Chekhov

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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.

The Journalist And The Murderer

Sat, 08 Jun 2024 04:02:11 +0000

‘Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible’In equal measure famous and infamous, Janet Malcolm’s book charts the true story of a lawsuit between Jeffrey MacDonald, a convicted murderer, and Joe McGinniss, the author of a book about the crime. Lauded as one of the Modern Libraries “100 Best Works of Nonfiction”, The Journalist And The Murderer is fascinating and controversial, a contemporary classic of reportage.

Malcolm Janet — Knigausa Bookstore: Russian Books

Reading Chekhov

The Journalist And The Murderer