Longing

Title: Longing
Author: Boyd, William
Price: $19.99

All things pass - is this your philosophy? Is there no room for love in your philosophy of life?

Renowned and best-selling novelist William Boyd, CBE, adapts two Chekhov short stories, A Visit to Friends and My Life, to weave a comic tale about nineteenth-century Russian provincial life, both familiar and unfamiliar.

When Kolia is invited to visit his oldest friends on their Estate in the country he anticipates a pleasant break from Moscow life. But as the comedy of provincial life plays out around him, he finds himself adrift in a miasma of false expectations, missed opportunities, and unspoken passions.

REVIEWS
\"The play itself is a reverent tribute to Chekhov. There is no mistaking the depth of Boyds immersion in his work\" - Henry Hitchings, Evening Standard

\"Fascinating ... there is real ingenuity here, and a manifest love and understanding of the Russian writer ... Boyd ingeniously combines these two narrative strands ... a truly Chekhovian atmosphere of rueful longing and the cruel inequality of love ... this partnership between William Boyd and Anton Chekhov is undoubtedly blessed with both wit and moments of deeper feeling.\" - Charles Spencer, Telegraph

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication date: 19/02/2013
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781472517456
Publishing status: OS Archived