Two-volume commented edition of Anton Chekhov's “Island Sakhalin” has been recognized the best edition of classical fiction literature of last year.
      
      Association of Publishers of Russia handed the award in this nomination to the publishing house "Rubezh" from Vladivostok at the closing of competition "Best Books of Year" within the limits of the sixth specialized exhibition-fair "Saint Petersburg International Book Salon-2011".
      
      The author of the comments - Professor of the Sakhalin State University Mikhail Vysokov - said that he had got the idea of adding some extended comments to the Chekhovian story, when he had understood that certain points in the book had not been clear to him, just like to many other people.
      
      The two-volume book - Chekhov's stories and comments to them – was prepared and published by request of the government of the Sakhalin Region for the 150th anniversary since the birth of the great Russian writer. The historian worked on the text for several years. Two volumes number 1200 pages, and have been published in circulation of 1 thousand copies.
      
      Source: itar-tass.com
Author: Vera Ivanova