Anton Chekhov: A Life by Donald Rayfield Ukraine history ” an effervescent mixture of

” an effervescent mixture of prose and poetry

Published to great acclaim in the USSR in 1985 and now available in English for the first time

Fundamentally

Russia has been stymied by an enduring sense of superiority over its neighbours alongside a painful nostalgia for empire

and field hospitals in the Caucasus

Anton Chekhov: A Life by Donald Rayfield Ukraine history ” an effervescent mixture ofAnton Chekhov's life was short, intense and dominated by battles, both with his dependents and with the tuberculosis that killed him at age forty four. The traditional image of Chekhov is that of the restrained artist torn between medicine and literature. But Donald Rayfield's biography reveals the life long hidden behind the noble faade. Here is a man capable of both great generosity toward needy peasants and harsh callousness toward lovers and