Celebrity Chekhov

Name: Celebrity Chekhov
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ben Greenman
ISBN: 9780062007018

Author: Ben Greenman

Narrator: Kathleen McInerney, Jeff Woodman

Unabridged: 4 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 10/05/2010

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Humorous Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

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.

About Ben Greenman

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.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on October 15, 2010

"Celebrity Chekhov" is one of those genius ideas that makes other writers kick themselves for not thinking of it first. However, unlike some high concepts that are good in theory, "Celebrity Chekhov" is quite brilliant in execution. It's the rare "mash-up" using work from the public domain that actu......more

Goodreads review by Meredith on July 07, 2024

I quite enjoyed these! Thank you, public domain.......more

Goodreads review by Jaclyn Michelle on November 29, 2012

[URL not allowed] The circumstances surrounding my reading of Greenman's Celebrity Chekhov were, fittingly, Chekhovian. In March, I was seeing someone who is a fairly substantial Chekhov enthusiast. He had taken me to see Chekhovek! (which we decided must be Russian for "bad ac......more

Goodreads review by Joemmama on January 19, 2011

What a clever book this is! Ben Greenman has taken Chekhov's short stories and replaced the characters with todays "celebrities". David Letterman to Tiger Woods, Paris Hilton to Nichole Kidman, this book is such a witty reinvention of the classic with very interesting results. By using popular cultur......more

Goodreads review by Maria on November 02, 2010

What I Can Tell You: I read this book last night in about 2 hours. It was so fun and witty. Until today, I had no idea who Chekhov was. My Russian girlfriend told me that he was Anton Chekhov one of the greatest short story writers in the world! While I am not big on short stories, because of the cel......more