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Publisher: Alma

Author: Antov Chekhov

ISBN: 9781846882784

Year: 2012

Format: Paperback

Classics, Short Stories

The Story of a Nobody by
Antov Chekhov

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$ 300.00 mxn

The Story of a Nobody by

Antov Chekhov

Summary

Combining psychological detail with a strong sense of place and time, this tale bears all the hallmarks of Chekhov's genius, and perfectly captures the political and social tensions of its day.

A secret terrorist group infiltrates the household of a government official's son, with a view to spying on the father and, ultimately, assassinating him. But the young man entrusted with the task--an ailing, world-weary "nobody"--seized with the purposelessness of life and a sense of his own impending death, gradually becomes disillusioned with his mission, and decides to embark on a new path which will lead him to tragedy.

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