The Summer Guest - Tapa dura

The Summer Guest gives us all of the pleasures of a superb mystery novel, but most of all it is a profound meditation on the power, and necessity, of the imagination. What a deeply moving novel. --Ron Rash, New York Times bestselling author of Serena and Above the Waterfall"

Beautifully crafted and richly evocative, The Summer Guest offers sharp insight into the humor and humanity of the literary legend, and vivid transport to the verdant countryside of 1880s Eastern Ukraine. --Cathy Buchanan, New York Times bestselling author of The Painted Girls"

Multi-layered . Captures a classic Russian theme the beauty of sadness with a portrait of friendship between a relatively lighthearted Anton Chekhov and a young woman doctor . A metafictional paean to literature s capacity to seduce us and make us see the world differently. --Heller McAlpin, www.LitHub.com"

In an enchanting era-spanning novel, Anderson crafts a literary mystery that goes beyond the limits of time. --Entertaiment Weekly, "Must List""

Luminous . Intriguing . Many facts of Chekhov s life are deftly folded into The Summer Guest. Moreover, Anderson cannily evokes the charm, witty skepticism and compassion that underpins his writing. The bittersweet tone and elegantly entwined portraits of three remarkable women that make The Summer Guest so transporting. --Seattle Times"

The book blurs the line between firsthand experience and imagining worlds one cannot know, either because of blindness or the removals of time and geography, and renders authentic and memorable portraits of its three heroines. --New York Times Book Review"

Elegant. This alluring and deceptively ingenuous novel demands close consideration from its readers, contains an internal mystery, and packs a heartbreakingly lovely emotional punch. --Booklist (starred review)"

The interplay between past and present draws readers into the novel and enables them to believe they have actually met the great playwright. Illuminating. Anderson, a noted translator has a sure touch in dealing with her material. An impressive work, highly recommended to lovers of literary fiction. --Library Journal"

Inspired by a real friendship between Chekhov and a Ukranian family, you will fall in love with this gorgeously written historical fiction novel. --Serendipity Magazine"

The blind doctor, Zinaida Lintvaryova, stays in my heart long after I close Alison Anderson s beautifully written book. The young Chekhov himself cannot outshine Zinaida as she urgently explores life, science, art, family, and love, her passion defying death. --Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand"