
The Story of a Nobody
Anton Chekhov(Author)
Alma Classics (Publisher)
Published on 19. July 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84688-278-4 (ISBN)
Description
A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official's son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task - an ailing, world-weary "nobody" - seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own impending death, gradually becomes disillusioned with his mission, and decides to embark on a new path which will lead him to tragedy.
Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, The Story of a Nobody bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and perfectly captures the political and social tensions of its day.
Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, The Story of a Nobody bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and perfectly captures the political and social tensions of its day.
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This story is... a wonderful piece of literature. I know this because I have read it several times, and it is only excellent writing that improves with rereading. -- Louis de Bernieres Revived in this sure-footed translation by Hugh Aplin, Chekhov's novella deserves to be much better known. * The Independent *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Richmond
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Alma Books Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Weight
146 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84688-278-4 (9781846882784)
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Anton Chekhov is one of the giants of modern literature, exerting a strong influence on many present-day novelists and dramatists. As a playwright, he ranks in popularity second only to Shakespeare in the English-speaking world. As a prose writer, he was one of the first to use the stream-of-consciousness technique, and his anti-heroic realism, full of ambiguity and allusion, provides no easy moral conclusions and results in a new kind of narrative approaching real life in a way no writer had achieved before him.