Anton Chekhov: A Brother's Memoir
Mikhail Chekhov, , trans. from the Russian by Eugene Alper. . Palgrave Macmillan, $25 (238pp) ISBN 978-0-230-61883-1
In 1905, the year after his older brother Anton's death, Mikhail Chekhov began publishing a series of biographical recollections about his famous sibling . More than 20 years later, the younger Chekhov compiled many of the most important stories from his collections into this volume, appearing here in English for the first time. In Alper's competent translation, Mikhail provides some useful and interesting glimpses into the Chekhov family life and his older brother's personality and playful sense of humor. He also relates events behind the plots of some of Anton's more famous stories and of his play,
Reviewed on: 11/16/2009
Genre: Nonfiction