Friday, June 21, 2024

Chekhov noir

For one sentence, the story turns into film noir.

Anton Chekhov, “My Life: The Story of a Provincial,” in “Peasants” and Other Stories, trans. Constance Garnett (New York: New York Review Books, 1999).

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comments: 2

Fresca said...

Interesting how the sounds make it easy to visualize.

Michael Leddy said...

And it has to be imagined in black and white. :)