A Life of Chekhov
by Irène Némirovsky
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Una biografía que ilumina la figura de Antón Chéjov en toda su verdad, humanidad y sensibilidad excepcional. La nostalgia de la inocencia, el retrato sin concesiones de una humanidad que sufre: numerosas son las afinidades que unen la obra de Irène Némirovsky con la de Antón Chéjov. Nacida en 1903, un año antes de la muerte de este, la autora de Suite francesa quedó prendada por la trayectoria y el destino del célebre escritor ruso. Precisa, íntima y profundamente conmovedora, show more esta biografía, que es también una magnífica panorámica de la literatura rusa, revela la compleja personalidad de Chéjov, con todos sus padecimientos, anhelos, frustraciones y esperanzas. Publicada en 1946, cuatro años después de la trágica desaparición de Irène Némirovsky, Vida de Chéjov evoca las extraordinarias coincidencias entre dos almas sorprendentemente afines. ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A biography that casts a light on the character of Anton Chekhov, his truth, his humanity, and his exceptional sensibility. The nostalgia for innocence, the unapologetic portrait of a humanity in pain--there are so many similarities between Irène Némirovsky's work and Anton Chekhov's. Born in 1903, a year before Chekhov's death, the author of Suite Française was captivated by the career and fate of the famous Russian author. Explicit, intimate, and profoundly moving, this biography, also a magnificent overview of Russian literature, reveals the complex personality of Chekhov, with all his afflictions, yearning, frustration, and hope. Published in 1946, four years after Irène Némirovsky's tragic disappearance, Life of Chekhov evokes the extraordinary coincidences between two souls amazingly alike. show lessTags
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La autora de Suite francesa reconstruye con dramática intensidad la vida del "mas humano de los hombres" sin alardes de erudición y con una indisimulada admiración por Antón Chejov.
Sep 22, 2022Spanish
> Irène Nemirovsky : La vie de Tchekov (Albin Michel).
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In: Revue Esprit Nouvelle série, No. 131 (3) (MARS 1947), pp. 531-533… ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/yefime/irene-nemirovsky-la-vie-de-tchekov-19899
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In: Revue Esprit Nouvelle série, No. 131 (3) (MARS 1947), pp. 531-533… ; (en ligne),
URL : https://esprit.presse.fr/article/yefime/irene-nemirovsky-la-vie-de-tchekov-19899
Dec 9, 2020French
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- Canonical title
- A Life of Chekhov
- Original title
- La vie de Tchekhov
- Original publication date
- 1950 (English translation) (English translation); 1946 (Posthumous) (Posthumous)
- People/Characters
- Anton Chekhov
- Original language
- French
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- Literature Studies and Criticism, Biography & Memoir, Fiction and Literature
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- 891.723 — Literature & rhetoric Asian Literature East Indo-European and Celtic literatures Russian and East Slavic languages Russian drama 1800–1917
- LCC
- PG3458 — Language and Literature Slavic languages and literatures. Baltic languages. Albanian language Slavic. Baltic. Albanian Russian literature Individual authors and works 1870-1917 Chekhov
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