{"product_id":"subtly-worded-and-other-stories","title":"Subtly Worded and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eA selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format.Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny-a wry, scathing observer of society-she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character.There are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace's Prince Bolkonsky, or, much later, her strange, charged meetings with the already-legendary Rasputin). There are stories of émigré society, its members held together by mutual repulsion. There are stories of people misunderstanding each other or misrepresenting themselves. And throughout there is a sly, sardonic wit and a deep, compelling intelligence.\u003cbr\u003e\nDimensions: 130 x 197 x 18\u003cbr\u003e\nAuthor: Teffi\u003cbr\u003e\nISBN: 9781782277309\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPages: 304\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"bookhero.ae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46924287115417,"sku":"9RE9781782277309","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/5696\/6297\/files\/69d39dd4de7ec_Subtly_Worded_and_Other_Stories.jpg?v=1775488585","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.ae\/products\/subtly-worded-and-other-stories","provider":"Dubai - Buy Used\/Second-Hand Books - BookHero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}