{"product_id":"subtly-worded-and-other-stories-teffi-9781782277309","title":"Subtly Worded and Other Stories","description":"A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format.\nTeffi'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.\nThere are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace'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":"Pushkin Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50600752742688,"sku":"9781782277309","price":9.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9781782277309.jpg?v=1768750640","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/subtly-worded-and-other-stories-teffi-9781782277309","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}