Short story, 'The Death of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov'

MacLeod, A. J. (2016) Short story, 'The Death of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov'. [Audio]

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Abstract

This story was one of three stories by Alison MacLeod commissioned as a suite of Chekhov-inspired stories by BBC Radio 4.

All three were later collected in Alison MacLeod's short fiction collection ALL THE BELOVED GHOSTS (2017):
http://eprints.chi.ac.uk/2608/

BBC Programme Notes: A set of three stories, commissioned specially for Radio 4. Alison MacLeod explores the life and work of one of the finest short story writers of them all - Anton Pavlovich Chekhov.

Episode Three:
This story could be called The Death Of Anton Chekhov By Anton Chekhov. Now very ill, Chekhov travels with Olga to a spa town in Germany in the hope of better treatment.

Alison MacLeod lives in Brighton. She was shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award in 2011 and her stories Solo, A Capella and In Praise Of Radical Fish have featured in previous Radio 4 series. Her works include The Changeling and The Wave Theory of Angels. Her novel, Unexploded, was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize and was broadcast as Book At Bedtime. Alison is Professor of Contemporary Fiction at the University of Chichester.

Reader: Peter Firth
Producer: Jeremy Osborne

A Sweet Talk production for BBC Radio 4.

Item Type: Audio
Additional Information: BBC Radio 4: 'Imagining Chekhov'
Subjects: P Language and Literature > PB Modern European languages
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General)
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary history
P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN3311 Prose
Divisions: Academic Areas > Institute of Arts and Humanities > English and Creative Writing
Media of Output: Radio
Related URLs:
Depositing User: Alison MacLeod
Date Deposited: 23 Jan 2018 16:00
Last Modified: 15 Feb 2018 14:11
URI: https://eprints.chi.ac.uk/id/eprint/3256

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