Celebrity Chekhov : [stories by Anton Chekhov]
(2010)

Fiction

eAudiobook

Provider: hoopla

Details

PUBLISHED
[United States] : HarperAudio, 2010
Made available through hoopla
EDITION
Unabridged
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (1 audio file (4hr., 36 min.)) : digital

ISBN/ISSN
9780062007018 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) MWT11587434, 0062007017 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) 11587434
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Read by Jeff Woodman

Q: What do Tiger, Paris, Lindsay, Alec, and Oprah have in common with the enduring characters of Anton Chekhov? A: Love, loss, pride, yearning, heartbreak, renewal, transcendence: the very stuff of life.The immortal stories of Anton Chekhov have long entranced readers with their insights into the universal truths of human behavior . . . but you've never read them quite like this. Former friends Nicole and Paris exchange prickly pleasantries in "Tall and Short." Talk-show host Dave narrowly averts another potential domestic crisis in "A Transgression." Reality star Kim shares her newfound notoriety with Khloe and Kourtney in "Joy." In a witty, graceful, and revelatory feat of literary reinvention, acclaimed novelist and humorist Ben Greenman takes nineteen of Chekhov's greatest stories and recasts them with some of the best-known luminaries of our time-with eye-opening, and oddly ennobling, results

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