{"product_id":"alive-in-the-writing-crafting-ethnography-in-the-company-of-chekhov-paperback","title":"Alive in the Writing: Crafting Ethnography in the Company of Chekhov - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKirin Narayan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnton Chekhov is revered as a boldly innovative playwright and short story writer-but he wrote more than just plays and stories. In \u003ci\u003eAlive in the Writing\u003c\/i\u003e-an intriguing hybrid of writing guide, biography, and literary analysis-anthropologist and novelist Kirin Narayan introduces readers to some other sides of Chekhov: his pithy, witty observations on the writing process, his life as a writer through accounts by his friends, family, and lovers, and his venture into nonfiction through his book \u003ci\u003eSakhalin Island\u003c\/i\u003e. By closely attending to the people who lived under the appalling conditions of the Russian penal colony on Sakhalin, Chekhov showed how empirical details combined with a literary flair can bring readers face to face with distant, different lives, enlarging a sense of human responsibility. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Highlighting this balance of the empirical and the literary, Narayan calls on Chekhov to bring new energy to the writing of ethnography and creative nonfiction alike. Weaving together selections from writing by and about him with examples from other talented ethnographers and memoirists, she offers practical exercises and advice on topics such as story, theory, place, person, voice, and self. A new and lively exploration of ethnography, \u003ci\u003eAlive in the Writing\u003c\/i\u003e shows how the genre's attentive, sustained connection with the lives of others can become a powerful tool for any writer.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKirin Narayan\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eStorytellers, Saints, and Scoundrels, Mondays on the Dark Night of the Moon, \u003c\/i\u003ethe novel \u003ci\u003eLove, Stars, and All That\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand the memoir \u003ci\u003eMy Family and Other Saints\u003c\/i\u003e, published by the University of Chicago Press. A former Guggenheim fellow, she is professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 02, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45260510986342,"sku":"9780226568195","price":53.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/RVA5K042R3pEakwycVJPekI3MzdlUT09.webp?v=1773888628","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/alive-in-the-writing-crafting-ethnography-in-the-company-of-chekhov-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}