Wednesday, May 20, 2020

the example of Chekhov

"In making these snapshots of migrants at the Comedor, I intended to follow the example of Chekhov, who, on his trip through Sakhalin Island in 1890, did the same, composing small portraits, before describing the place as a whole."

~~ from On the Plain of Snakes by Paul Theroux

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