英文书：The Complete Short Novels 契诃夫短篇小说全集 精装 32开548页

图书标准信息

• 作者 A. P. Chekhov（A·P·契诃夫） 著；Richard、Larissa Volokhonsky 译
• 出版社 Everyman's Library
• 出版时间 2004-06
• ISBN 9781857152777
• 定价 154.60元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 560页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

ForthecentenaryofChekhov'sdeath,anewtranslationofhisshortnovels-broughttogetherinonevolumeforthefirsttime.Chekhov,widelyhailedasthesuprememasteroftheshortstory,neverwroteafull-lengthnovel,buthewrotefiveworkslongenoughtobecalledshortnovels.TheSteppe-perhapsthemostlyricalofthefive-isanaccountofayoungboy'sfrighteningjourneytoenrollatadistantschool.TheDuelsetstwodecadentfigures-afanaticalrationalistandamanofliterarysensibility-onacollisioncourse.InTheStoryofanUnknownMan,apoliticalradicalbecomesvalettothesonofanimportantofficialinordertospyonhim,butfindsthathisownterminalillnesshaschangedhislong-heldprioritiesinstartlingways.ThreeYearsrecountstheirony-ladenlifeofarichbutpassiveMoscowmerchant.InMyLife,amanrenounceswealthandsocialpositionforalifeofmanuallabour,onlytodiscoverthatthemoralsimplicityofhisidealsisinconflictwiththecomplexrealitiesoflife.Inthesefiveshortnovels,Chekhov'smasterfulstorytellingandhisprofoundunderstandingofhumannaturearebrilliantlyevinced.

【作者简介】

RichardPevearandLarissaVolokhonskyareknownfortheirhighly-acclaimedtranslationsofDostoevsky(Demons,TheBrothersKaramazov,CrimeandPunishment,TheIdiotandTheAdolescenthavealreadybeenpublishedbyEveryman).TheirtranslationofTheBrothersKaramazovwonAmerica'sprestigiousPEN/Book-of-the-MonthClubPrize.