<DIV><I>All things pass – is this your philosophy? Is there no room for love in your philosophy of life?</I><br/><br/>Renowned and best-selling novelist William Boyd, CBE, adapts two Chekhov short stories, <I>A Visit to Friends</I> and <I>My Life</I>, to weave a comic tale about nineteenth-century Russian provincial life, both familiar and unfamiliar.<br/><br/>When Kolia is invited to visit his oldest friends on their Estate in the country he anticipates a pleasant break from Moscow life. But as the comedy of provincial life plays out around him, he finds himself adrift in a miasma of false expectations, missed opportunities, and unspoken passions.</div>