Q: What do Tiger, Paris, Lindsay, Alec, and Oprah have in common with the enduring characters of Anton Chekhov? A: Love, loss, pride, yearning, heartbreak, renewal, transcendence: the very stuff of life. The immortal stories of Anton Chekhov have long entranced readers with their insights into the universal truths of human but you`ve never read them quite like this. Former friends Nicole and Paris exchange prickly pleasantries in Tall and Short. Talk-show host Dave narrowly averts another potential domestic crisis in A Transgression. Reality star Kim shares her newfound notoriety with Khloe and Kourtney in Joy. In a witty, graceful, and revelatory feat of literary reinvention, acclaimed novelist and humorist Ben Greenman takes nineteen of Chekhov`s greatest stories and recasts them with some of the best-known luminaries of our time - with eye-opening, and oddly ennobling, results.