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“His stories are mould breaking in the sense that nobody wrote short stories like Chekhov and now everybody writes short stories like Chekhov. We’re all Chekhovian now. He’s a very modern spirit who happened to write his great work at the end of the 19th century. But it’s completely 21st century thinking, it seems to me…The one I really like is his longest short story, called ‘My Life.’ It’s almost a novella. In it I think you’ll find every Chekhovian element…If somebody asks ‘What is Chekhov about?’, tell them to read ‘My Life’ and they will get everything.” Read more...
William Boyd on Writers Who Inspired Him
William Boyd, Novelist
