{"product_id":"9781782277309","title":"Subtly Worded and Other Stories","description":"\u003cp\u003eTeffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny - a wry, scathing observer of society - she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character.   There are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace's Prince Bolkonsky, or, much later, her strange, charged meetings with the already-legendary Rasputin). There are stories of emigre society, its members held together by mutual repulsion. There are stories of people misunderstanding each other or misrepresenting themselves. And throughout there is a sly, sardonic wit and a deep, compelling intelligence.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rye Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41183610306712,"sku":"9781782277309","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/1368\/0730\/products\/9781782277309.jpg?v=1635000181","url":"https:\/\/ryebooks.co.uk\/products\/9781782277309","provider":"Rye Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}