Talent, Anton Chekhov
Talent, Anton Chekhov
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Talent

Author: Anton Chekhov

Narrator: Max Bollinger

Unabridged: 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/30/2017

Synopsis

Yegor Savvitch, an artist, is sitting in his room feeling depressed. His landlady's daughter, Katya, is visiting him and wants to discuss their future together. Yegor says he cannot marry because artists must be free, but Katya pleads with him not to leave her as she is afraid of her strict mother. Yegor eventually agrees to pay his debts and gives Katya a glass of vodka. He begins to dream of becoming great and imagines a future filled with success and adoration. Read in English, unabridged.

About Anton Chekhov

Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian short story writer, playwright, and physician, considered to be one of the greatest short story writers in the history of world literature. His career as a dramatist produced four classics-The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, Three Sisters, and The Cherry Orchard-and his best short stories are held in high esteem by writers and critics alike. Initially, Chekhov wrote stories solely for financial gain, but as his artistic ambition grew, he made formal innovations that have influenced the evolution of the modern short story. His originality consists in an early use of the stream-of-consciousness technique, later adopted by James Joyce and other modernists, combined with a disavowal of the moral finality of traditional story structure. He made no apologies for the difficulties this posed to readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Chekhov published over a hundred short stories, including "The Duel," "In Exile," "On Official Business," "The Bishop," and "The Cobbler and the Devil."

Reviews

Goodreads review by Devon

Quite an interesting idea, after a plane crash a guy inherits abilities of the other passengers and settles their scores. Nice to see Paul Azaceta's dark and gritty work here too. Though i do agree with some reviewers that this could've gone one a couple more volumes......more

Goodreads review by Ricardo Nuno

This is a great graphic novel. I read it last year and reread it today just for this review. It's a quick (but great) read, in fact. The plot is well built, full of intrigue, mystery, action, a touch of mysticism and quite a few twists. The art is on par with the narrative, in the typical "rough" styl......more

Goodreads review by Derek

Very interesting concept - a random college professor survives a plane crash, but winds up inheriting all the 'talents' of a few special passenger who died in the plane crash, and is eventually used to right something called the balance. Interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Brennan

Even 3 overall - This felt like the beginning of what could have been a really good series. As it stands, it’s way too short to really explore the very intriguing concept. The execution was a little poor and incredibly rushed. It never really had time to grow and make the reader invested. I really li......more

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