These sequential meditations by one of our most skillful writers constitute a unique genre-part autobiography, part introspection, part observation, part narrative-in which a life is continually re-examined in the light of experience and time. Taking...
A re-creation of Anton Chekhov's self-exploratory journey in 1890 across Russia to a penal colony on the island of Sakhalin interweaves with the author's own journey, in an exploration of the need for freedom and meaning...