
Exclamation Mark
by Anton Chekhov
Title:
Exclamation Mark
Author:
Anton Chekhov
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
128 pages
Publisher:
Hesperus Press Ltd
ISBN-13:
9781843913429
EAN:
9781843913429
Publication Date:
01/09/2025
Classifications:
Classic and Biographical
Weight (g):
316
Dimensions (mm):
128 x 198 x 12
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
A civil servant stands accused of not understanding the rules of punctuation. He begins to go through the correct use of commas and semicolons before arriving at the exclamation mark, which, he realizes, in 40 years of writing, he has never used. From here he develops a bizarre and paranoid fantasy in which everyday objects transform into malevolent exclamation marks. Written when Chekhov was on the verge of becoming a literary celebrity, this is an enlightening new selection that reveals the author s often neglected comic talents.




















