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More copies of this ISBN:This title in other formats:Tolstoy: A Biographyby A. N. Wilson
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:In this landmark biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich 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 breaks new ground in recreating the world that shaped the great novelist's life and art-the turmoil of ideas and politics in nineteenth-century Russia and the incredible literary renaissance that made Tolstoy's work possible. Admirable. . . . Absorbing. . . . Superb.-Anthony Burgess Stands as a model of the biographer's art: intelligent and opinionated, yet judicious-and, what's more, deliciously readable.-Michiko Kakutani, New York Times Synopsis:In this landmark biography of Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Wilson narrates the complex drama of the writer's life and sweeps away the long-held belief that Tolstoy's works mirrored his life. Wilson instead traces the roots of Tolstoy's art to his relationship with God, with women, and with Russia. Illustrations. Synopsis:Includes bibliographical references (p. [539]-548) and index.
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