TOLSTOY by A. N. Wilson ( 9781782390916 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

TOLSTOY

By:

A. N. Wilson

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

178239091X

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9781782390916

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Publisher:

ATLANTIC BOOKS

Pub. date:

7 November, 2013

Edition:

Main

Pages:

592

Description:

A. N. Wilson's Tolstoy is a highly intelligent and accessible biography of the most famous writer in the Russian canon.

Synopsis:

In this biography of Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy, A.N. Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life: his childhood of aristocratic privilege but emotional deprivation, his discovery of his literary genius after aimless years of gambling and womanizing, and his increasingly disastrous marriage. Wilson sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works were the exact mirror of his life, and instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia. He also recreates the world that shaped the great novelist's life and art - the turmoil of ideas and politics in 19th-century Russia and the literary renaissance that made Tolstoy's work possible.

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Atlantic Books

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