In 1890, Anton Chekhov, already a prominent Russian literary figure,
traveled 6,500 miles to Sakhalin island, off the coast of Siberia.
Willing visitors to this island were rare; rather, its inhabitants
were people who had been sent there: prisoners and their families,
guards, soldiers, and doctors. What was it that Chekhov sought on
this terrible island? Almost a century later, James McConkey traveled
to Italy and researched Chekhov's letters, memoirs, and an account of
his journey to Sakhalin island. McConkey recreates that journey,
weaving it with his own and telling two stories that reveal the
peculiar and hidden forces that shape our lives.
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