Yulia's review
Stories of Anton Chekhov
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Ahem.
Munro's the greatest. I like her better than Chekhov.
Chekhovian, Munrovian -- must we choose, must we rank? How about we just agree that Anton and Alice would've enjoyed sharing a cup of tea and swapping stories?
My life would be greatly diminished with only one or the other.
Actually, given length and measured, even meandering pace, of Munro's stories, I wonder if the more apt comparison might be with Chekhov's "longer stories / short novels" such as "The Duel" and "Anonymous" (Garnett title trans.) than the stories in this collection, with the exception of "In the Ravine."
Among the more typical stories in this collection, works like "Gusev" and "The Bishop" strike me as more impressionistic than a typical Munro story. I don't mean this as a criticism, just an observation.
Yulia's review
Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Yulia's review
bookshelves:
ever-so-slowly,
if-you-dare-wear-short-shorts,
russian-translations
You know whom Anton Chekhov reminds me of?
The Russian Munro.
<wink>
The Russian Munro.
<wink>
Ahem.
Munro's the greatest. I like her better than Chekhov.
Chekhovian, Munrovian -- must we choose, must we rank? How about we just agree that Anton and Alice would've enjoyed sharing a cup of tea and swapping stories?My life would be greatly diminished with only one or the other.
Actually, given length and measured, even meandering pace, of Munro's stories, I wonder if the more apt comparison might be with Chekhov's "longer stories / short novels" such as "The Duel" and "Anonymous" (Garnett title trans.) than the stories in this collection, with the exception of "In the Ravine."
Among the more typical stories in this collection, works like "Gusev" and "The Bishop" strike me as more impressionistic than a typical Munro story. I don't mean this as a criticism, just an observation.