Saturday, December 20, 2008

Reading 'Vanka' (by Anton Chekhov) on a Christmas week

Christmas is just few days away. Today Chekhov's 'Vanka' was published in Malayala Manorama daily, a Malayalam translation of it. Vanka is one of my favorites from Chekhov. Its the story about a lonely boy writing a letter to his grand father on a Christmas eve ,to save him from the current cruel realities of loneliness and the cruel master and friends. When I read Vanka again after few years it took me to the same old Christmas feelings...of reading Vanka during my college days...Vanka's hopes ... being nostalgic, snowy nights , love of grandfather...

Here is a good collection of Checkhov's stories.