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New Yorker editor and McSweeney's contributor Ben Greenman reshapes Russian literature's most celebrated stories around America's most popular pop culture icons, probing the deep complexities of Anton Chekov (not to mention those of Cruise or Kardashian). Thought-provoking and funny, these wryly re-imagined tales will be sure-fire favorites for every kind of reader, whether your favorite escapes are celebrity memoirs like L.A. Candy and The Truth about Diamonds, re-conceived classics like Wicked, literary parodies like Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, or masterpieces of fiction from authors like Tolstoy, Pushkin and Chekhov himself.

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Q: What do Tiger, Paris, Lindsay, Alec, and Oprah have in common with the enduring characters of Anton Chekhov?

A: Love, loss, pride, yearning, heartbreak, renewal, transcendence: the very stuff of life.

The immortal stories of Anton Chekhov have long entranced readers with their insights into the universal truths of human behavior . . . but you've never read them quite like this.

Former friends Nicole and Paris exchange prickly pleasantries in "Tall and Short."
Talk-show host Dave narrowly averts another potential domestic crisis in "A Transgression."
Reality star Kim shares her newfound notoriety with Khloe and Kourtney in "Joy."

In a witty, graceful, and revelatory feat of literary reinvention, acclaimed novelist and humorist Ben Greenman takes nineteen of Chekhov's greatest stories and recasts them with some of the best-known luminaries of our time--with eye-opening, and oddly ennobling, results.

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Title Celebrity Chekhov
Author Ben Greenman
Binding Paperback
Edition Original
Pages 224
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Harper Perennial, NY USA
Publication date 2010-10-05
Features Table of Contents
ISBN 9780061990496 / 0061990493
Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
Dimensions 8.05 x 5.35 x 0.53 in (20.45 x 13.59 x 1.35 cm)
Themes
- Demographic Orientation: Urban
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
Category Fiction - Science Fiction
Library of Congress subjects Short stories, Celebrities
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2011282007
Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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Kirkus Reviews, 09/01/2010, Page 0
Library Journal, 10/15/2010, Page 71

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