Saunders, George
Summary: "In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, George Saunders guides the reader through seven classic Russian short stories he's been teaching for twenty years as a professor in the prestigious Syracuse University graduate MFA creative writing program. Paired with stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, these essays are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it's more...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2021
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Summary: "Anton Chekhov's stories and plays endure, far beyond the Russian context, as outstanding modern literary models. In a brief, remarkable life, Chekhov rose from lower-class, provincial roots to become a physician, leading writer, and philanthropist, all in the face of a progressive fatal disease. In this new biography, Michael C. Finke analyzes Chekhov's major stories, plays, and nonfiction in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Reaktion Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHEKHOV, ANTON FINAnderson, Alison A.
Summary: To keep herself occupied after recently losing her sight, Zinaida begins a diary in the summer of 1888. When a family rents a guesthouse on her family's estate, Zinaida meets and befriends Anton, the middle son, who is a doctor and a writer. As the summer progresses, Zinaida's diary becomes an intimate, intropective narrative of her singular relationship with Anton. More than a century later,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ANDChekhov, Anton Pavlovich
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1979
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHESummary: A ballet based loosely on Anton Chekhov's play Three sisters. Second program is a documentary portrait of the influential British choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, with extracts from many of his ballets including The burrow, Romeo and Juliet, Gloria, Manon and The prince of the pagodas.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur 2009
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS WINChekhov, Anton
Contents: Swan song -- The bear -- The proposal -- Ivanov -- The seagull -- A reluctant tragic hero -- The wedding reception -- The festivities -- Uncle Vanya -- Three sisters -- The dangers of tobacco -- The cherry orchard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1997
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Contents: The steppe -- The duel -- The story of an unknown man -- Three years -- My life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Everyman's Library 2004
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Contents: Seagull -- Uncle Vanya -- Three sisters -- Cherry Orchard.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ivan R. Dee 2005
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: FIC CHESummary: An actor has dinner with his friend, a theater director, at an Upper West Side restaurant. Together they discuss everything from money to death to love and all the superstition in between.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Criterion Collection 2015
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Contents: Sleepy -- The beauties -- The party -- The shoemaker and the devil -- The bet -- A nervous breakdown -- The princess -- The horse-stealers -- Gusev -- Peasant wives -- The grasshopper -- After the theatre -- In exile -- Neighbours -- Terror -- The helpmate -- The two Volodyas -- Rothschild's fiddle -- The student -- The teacher of literature -- At the country house -- The head-gardener's story...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Modern Library 1999
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ecco Press 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 891.723 CHESummary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010