Showing posts with label Chekhov. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chekhov. Show all posts

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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