In the Twilight, Anton Chekhov dystopian A nightmare vision of the

A nightmare vision of the future told in its own fantastically inventive lexicon

and to the transformative power of a woman embracing her own appetite

Allison Hoover Bartlett takes us deep inside the world of rare books and tells the cat-and-mouse story of two men caught in its allure

The woman he has loved is a criminal

she wrote down their stories

In the Twilight, Anton Chekhov dystopian A nightmare vision of theA brand new translation provides an invaluable glimpse into a pivotal moment in the writers literary career The third collection of short stories compiled by Anton Chekhov himself, was his first major success and won him the prestigious Pushkin Prize when it was published in 1887. This volume represents a clear milestone in the writers passage from the youthful Antosha Chekhonte, author of slight comic sketches, to the mature master of the short story