The Russian passion for problems that can't be solved, for crimes without a criminal

decent Russians  have a passion for problems that have never been solved.’

Anton Chekhov had such a passion for problems, but only if solution might stay unrequited. 

His writing, strewn with unsolved details, in this respect, his stories are like tales of crime in which nobody is a criminal and his fine, intelligent eyes always looked at everything from a distance’. From the various memoirs by relatives and friends, we can imagine a man who always seemed a little older than anyone he met, as if he were living more than one life. 

He was a  writer of the religion of no religion, of instincts rather than convictions,  Chekhov’s life was a long flight into his work. He ran from human connection Here he tried to ration unnecessary involvement with people. Chekhov had the temperament of a philanderer. Sexually, he preferred brothels or swift liaisons. but them we all prey to the stiflements, or ignorance  of our parents and our childhood