‘He was just trying to earn a few kopecks’ : how newly translated stories reveal Chekhov’s silly (…)

23 novembre 2025 | Viv Groskop
With daft jokes and experimental wordplay, the first comprehensive translations of his lesser-known stories show Anton Chekhov in a new light Few writers are as universally admired as Chekhov. As Booker winner George Saunders puts it, “Chekhov – shall I be blunt? – is the greatest short story (…)
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