War and Peace - Lev Nikolayeviç Tolstoy

War and Peace

Lev Nikolayeviç Tolstoy

Format: Kitap

Barkod: 9780140447934

Cilt Durumu: Ciltsiz

Ürün Tanıtımı

LeoTolstoy's War and Peace is a sprawling epic covering the impact of Napoleon'sdisastrous invasion of Russia on five different families. This Penguin Classicsedition is translated with an introduction and notes by Anthony Briggs, with anafterword by Orlando Figes, author of A People's Tragedy: Russian Revolution1891-1924.

Ata glittering society party in St Petersburg in 1805, conversations aredominated by the prospect of war. Terror swiftly engulfs the country asNapoleon's army marches on Russia, and the lives of three young people arechanged forever. The stories of quixotic Pierre, cynical Andrey and impetuousNatasha interweave with a huge cast, from aristocrats and peasants to soldiersand Napoleon himself. In War and Peace, Tolstoy entwines grand themes -conflict and love, birth and death, free will and faith - with unforgettablescenes of nineteenth-century Russia, to create a magnificent epic of human lifein all its imperfection and grandeur.

AnthonyBriggs's superb translation combines stirring, accessible prose with fidelityto Tolstoy's original, while Orlando Figes's afterword discusses the novel'svast scope and depiction of Russian identity. This edition also containsappendices, notes, a list of prominent characters and maps.

LeoTolstoy (1828-1910) was born at Yasnaya Polyana, in central Russia. Aftermarrying Sofya Behrs in 1862, Tolstoy settled down, managing his estates andwriting two of his best-known novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina(1878). In 1884 Tolstoy experienced a spiritual crisis, becoming an extrememoralist, rejecting the state, the church and private property. His last novel,Resurrection (1900), was written to raise money for the Doukhobor sect of Christianspiritualists.

Ifyou enjoyed War and Peace, you might also like Fyodor Dostoyevsky's TheBrothers Karamazov.

Özellikler

Basım Dili: İngilizce

Sayfa Sayısı: 1399

En / Boy: 13,50 x 19,50 cm

Kağıt Cinsi: 2.Hamur

Basım Tarihi: 2007