{"product_id":"three-sisters-paperback-4","title":"Three Sisters - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAnton Chekhov\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Nelson\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter their father's death, Olga, Masha, and Irina find life in their small Russian town stifling and hopeless. They long to return to Moscow, the bustling metropolis they left eleven years ago, but their brother Andrei's gambling habits have trapped them in their small provincial lives. As the seventh play in the TCG Classic Russian Drama Series, playwright Richard Nelson and translators of Russian literature Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky continue their collaboration with a masterful new translation of Chekhov's exploration of yearning and disillusionment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Nelson's \u003c\/strong\u003emany plays include \u003cem\u003eIllyria\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Gabriels: Election Year in the Life of One Family \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eHungry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWhat Did You Expect?\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eWomen of a Certain Age\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eThe Apple Family: Scenes from Life in the Country \u003c\/em\u003e(\u003cem\u003eThat Hopey Changey Thing\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSweet and Sad\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSorry, Regular Singing\u003c\/em\u003e); \u003cem\u003eNikolai and the Others\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eGoodnight Children Everywhere \u003c\/em\u003e(Olivier Award for Best Play); \u003cem\u003eFranny's Way\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eSome Americans Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eFrank's Home\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eTwo Shakespearean Actors\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eJames Joyce's The Dead \u003c\/em\u003e(with Shaun Davey; Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRichard Pevear \u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky \u003c\/strong\u003ehave translated the works of Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Anton Chekhov, Boris Pasternak, and Mikhail Bulgakov. Their translations of \u003cem\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina \u003c\/em\u003ewon the PEN Translation Prize in 1991 and 2002, respectively. Pevear, a native of Boston, and Volokhonsky, of St. Petersburg, are married and live in France.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 23, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701342048319,"sku":"9781559369695","price":20.34,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/7d4eae3ae4b84223cd42abe720214fc5.webp?v=1765020277","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/three-sisters-paperback-4","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}