The Cossacks and Other Stories

di Leo Tolstoy (Autore)

David McDuff (Traduttore)

Penguin Putnam Inc, 2007

In 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. The four years that followed were among the most significant in his life, and deeply influenced the stories collected here. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, The Cossacks describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civilization after spending time with the wild Cossack people. Sevastopol Sketches, based on Tolstoy's own experiences of the siege of Sevastopol in 1854-55, is a compelling consideration of the nature of war, while Hadji Murat, written towards the end of his life, returns to the Caucasus of Tolstoy's youth to explore the life of a great leader torn apart by a conflict of loyalties. Written at the end of the nineteenth century, it is amongst the last and greatest of Tolstoy's shorter works.

• Autore: Leo Tolstoy
• Traduttore: David McDuff
• Editore: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Anno: 2007
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 528 p.
• Dimensioni: 198 x 129 mm
• Peso: 362 gr.
• EAN: 9780140449594

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