A.P. Chekhov A life in letters – Correspondence (1891 – 1904)
A.P. Chekhov A life in letters – Correspondence (1891 – 1904)

Summary/Abstract: "A. P. Cehov A life in letters - Correspondence (1891 - 1904)" (volume II), neat edition, selection, translation from Russian and notes by Sorina Bălănescu, is not just a book- it represents a gesture of intellectual nobility by Mrs. Sorina Bălănescu, theater critic,literary historian, university professor who left her mark on many generations of students of UAIC (where she taught Russian language and literature for 42 years) and UNAGE Iași,member of the founding team of the Doctoral School of theater, translator of esteemed professional status to these we will add a membership that she proudly declares: member of the "Dostoevsky Society of Academic Studies" - an international, elitist club with only(about) 120 members. In a world of truncated, short and (mostly) formal messages; the epistolary genre reminds us of the need for confession, the sharing of joy and sadness, and(especially) of the word needing meaning and emotion. 74 themes, 317 texts - 317 fragments of life, which we can understand better thanks to the translator's care to give us her work and spirit.

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