Celebrity Chekhov

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.

Author: Ben Greenman
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: 10/05/2010
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.39lbs
Size: 8.05h x 5.35w x 0.53d
ISBN: 9780061990496

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2010
Library Journal 10/15/2010 pg. 71

About the Author
Greenman, Ben: -

Ben Greenman is an editor at The New Yorker. He is the author of the story collections What He's Poised to Do; Superbad; and A Circle Is a Balloon and Compass Both: Stories About Human Love, and the novels Superworse and Please Step Back. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.