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How do you respond to Chekhov? How do you read him? What is he all about? These deceptively simple questions continue to fascinate the writer Harvey Pitcher, for whom Chekhov has been a lifelong interest. He describes the present book as a report on his findings, a kind of debriefing after a long and varied journey. Responding to Chekhov interprets the man as well as his stories and plays, but the major part of the book is devoted to discussions of the later stories. In adopting a more personal approach, in highlighting how we respond to Chekhov and how we listen to his voice, the author aims to reach out to all those, beginners and specialists alike, who share his fascination with this great author, in the hope that his book may interest them in their own journeys of discovery and exploration. Harvey Pitcher started the Russian Department at the University of St Andrews and is a major British Chekhov scholar. |
