On the Harmful Effects of Tobacco Author:Anton Chekhov Anton Chekhovs amusing and moving monologue is stunningly interpreted in pictures by Patrick Couratin. Of Mr. Couratins controversial first book, SHHH! which he wrote as well as illustrated, THE NEW YORK TIMES notes: SHHH! is surrealism adapted to the nursery. Mr. Couratin matches the deliberate and logical/illogical convolutions of his text wit... more »h images which set the imagination soaring. His book is what an illustrated book should be an integrated whole and I would press it on anyone who values the poetic imagination.« less