{"product_id":"subtly-worded-and-other-stories-paperback","title":"SUBTLY WORDED AND OTHER STORIES (Paperback)","description":"\u003cb\u003eA selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTeffi'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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e'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.","brand":"Teffi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337123819794,"sku":"9781782277309","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/15473713482822.jpg?v=1780433399","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/subtly-worded-and-other-stories-paperback","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}