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Cuaderno de notas
187 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2011
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Anton Chekhov
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Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
Dramas, such as The Seagull (1896, revised 1898), and including "A Dreary Story" (1889) of Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, also Chekov, concern the inability of humans to communicate.
Born ( Антон Павлович Чехов ) in the small southern seaport of Taganrog, the son of a grocer. His grandfather, a serf, bought his own freedom and that of his three sons in 1841. He also taught to read. A cloth merchant fathered Yevgenia Morozova, his mother.
"When I think back on my childhood," Chekhov recalled, "it all seems quite gloomy to me." Tyranny of his father, religious fanaticism, and long nights in the store, open from five in the morning till midnight, shadowed his early years. He attended a school for Greek boys in Taganrog from 1867 to 1868 and then Taganrog grammar school. Bankruptcy of his father compelled the family to move to Moscow. At the age of 16 years in 1876, independent Chekhov for some time alone in his native town supported through private tutoring.
In 1879, Chekhov left grammar school and entered the university medical school at Moscow. In the school, he began to publish hundreds of short comics to support his mother, sisters and brothers. Nicholas Leikin published him at this period and owned Oskolki (splinters), the journal of Saint Petersburg. His subjected silly social situations, marital problems, and farcical encounters among husbands, wives, mistresses, and lust; even after his marriage, Chekhov, the shy author, knew not much of whims of young women.
Nenunzhaya pobeda , first novel of Chekhov, set in 1882 in Hungary, parodied the novels of the popular Mór Jókai. People also mocked ideological optimism of Jókai as a politician.
Chekhov graduated in 1884 and practiced medicine. He worked from 1885 in Peterburskaia gazeta.
In 1886, Chekhov met H.S. Suvorin, who invited him, a regular contributor, to work for Novoe vremya, the daily paper of Saint Petersburg. He gained a wide fame before 1886. He authored The Shooting Party , his second full-length novel, later translated into English. Agatha Christie used its characters and atmosphere in later her mystery novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd . First book of Chekhov in 1886 succeeded, and he gradually committed full time. The refusal of the author to join the ranks of social critics arose the wrath of liberal and radical intelligentsia, who criticized him for dealing with serious social and moral questions but avoiding giving answers. Such leaders as Leo Tolstoy and Nikolai Leskov, however, defended him. "I'm not a liberal, or a conservative, or a gradualist, or a monk, or an indifferentist. I should like to be a free artist and that's all..." Chekhov said in 1888.
The failure of The Wood Demon , play in 1889, and problems with novel made Chekhov to withdraw from literature for a period. In 1890, he traveled across Siberia to Sakhalin, remote prison island. He conducted a detailed census of ten thousand convicts and settlers, condemned to live on that harsh island. Chekhov expected to use the results of his research for his doctoral dissertation. Hard conditions on the island probably also weakened his own physical condition. From this journey came his famous travel book.
Chekhov practiced medicine until 1892. During these years, Chechov developed his concept of the dispassionate, non-judgmental author. He outlined his program in a letter to his brother Aleksandr: "1. Absence of lengthy verbiage of political-social-economic nature; 2. total objectivity; 3. truthful descriptions of persons and objects; 4. extreme brevity; 5. audacity and originality; flee the stereotype; 6. compassion." Because he objected that the paper conducted against [a:Alfred Dreyfu
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November 23, 2021
Una joya este libro, tal como dice su título son notas, no entradas de diario, sino anotaciones con ideas de personajes, de historias, un poco meterte en la cabeza de Chekhov, cómo funcionaba, digamos que más bien es como pispear en la mente de un genio, y es hermoso. Muy muy recomendado.
June 17, 2023
Cuaderno de notas es un libro bello. Como el título lo dice, el libro reúne ideas que se le presentaban al autor, en forma literaria. A lo largo de 180 páginas podemos ver pequeñas semillas que están esperando germinar, las cuales nos ayudan a comprender la forma de pensar de su autor, y también, a inspirarnos creativamente.
Pienso que este libro es de esos que uno debe tardarse en terminar; en mi caso tarde quizá unos cinco meses en terminarlo: lo tenía en el baño y leía un par de páginas por visita xD.
En fin, volveré a tomar de vez en cuando este libro ya que cada párrafo contiene experiencias muy creativas que abordan desde lo cómico hasta lo dramático.
Un "must" para quién disfruta a Chejóv.
Pienso que este libro es de esos que uno debe tardarse en terminar; en mi caso tarde quizá unos cinco meses en terminarlo: lo tenía en el baño y leía un par de páginas por visita xD.
En fin, volveré a tomar de vez en cuando este libro ya que cada párrafo contiene experiencias muy creativas que abordan desde lo cómico hasta lo dramático.
Un "must" para quién disfruta a Chejóv.
August 24, 2021
No entiendo cómo soy el primer usuario en evaluar esta pequeña joya.
March 20, 2024
Un festival de epifanías. Cada página muestra por lo menos dos o tres descubrimientos notables. Literarios o cotidianos. Poéticos o prosaicos. Se pueden leer como aforismos, pero también como anotaciones personales para recordar algo. O como poesía, quizás la mejor apuesta. Un nombre, una escena, una receta médica, una ocurrencia cualquiera: Hoy hablé por teléfono con el conde Tolstoi. Fiódor toma mucho té. De un imbécil es preferible recibir la muerte antes que un elogio. No es tonto, solamente ha estudiado mucho, meticulosamente, ha ido incluso a la universidad. Los muertos no se avergüenzan, aunque hieden horriblemente.
Chejov fluye por el universo del lenguaje sin ningún tipo de límite. Es siempre escéptico, no sólo desconfiado. Más que lúcido, parece que piensa desde una posición sobrehumana. Pero no es un ojo abstracto. Todo lo contrario. Es más sensorial que Gogol. Tan perro como Dostoievski o Bulgákov, o más acá Cioran. En elegancia se codea con Pushkin. Teoriza como Turguéniev. Es sublime y abyecto al extremo. Alma rusa. Pasa de la crueldad más oscura a la compasión más luminosa. Es un santo perverso. Uno de tantos pasajes notables, creo que mi favorito: “Cuando sea rico, haré todo lo posible para tener un harén de gordas desnudas, todas con las nalgas pintadas de verde” (página 181). El posfacio de Brizuela sigue tan arriba como todo el cuaderno. No podría ser un prólogo.
Chejov fluye por el universo del lenguaje sin ningún tipo de límite. Es siempre escéptico, no sólo desconfiado. Más que lúcido, parece que piensa desde una posición sobrehumana. Pero no es un ojo abstracto. Todo lo contrario. Es más sensorial que Gogol. Tan perro como Dostoievski o Bulgákov, o más acá Cioran. En elegancia se codea con Pushkin. Teoriza como Turguéniev. Es sublime y abyecto al extremo. Alma rusa. Pasa de la crueldad más oscura a la compasión más luminosa. Es un santo perverso. Uno de tantos pasajes notables, creo que mi favorito: “Cuando sea rico, haré todo lo posible para tener un harén de gordas desnudas, todas con las nalgas pintadas de verde” (página 181). El posfacio de Brizuela sigue tan arriba como todo el cuaderno. No podría ser un prólogo.
August 28, 2025
La mirada curiosa y única de Anton Chéjov, reconocido como el gran maestro universal del cuento, recogida de su cuaderno de notas. Quien sea devoto del autor ruso disfrutará del registro irónico, humorístico y brillante de su visión del mundo.
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