The story begins when at the age of 50, Tolstoy is in crisis. Having found no peace in art, science or philosophy, he is attacked by the black dog of despair, and considers suicide. His past life is reappraised and found wanting; as slowly light dawns within. 'As gradually, imperceptibly as life had[...]

Obra cumbre, junto a "Ana Karenina," de Lev Tolstoi y de la narrativa del XIX, "Guerra y paz" constituye un vasto fresco historico y epico. Con la campana napoleonica contra Rusia como trasfondo -Austerliz, Borodino o el incendio de Moscu- entre los anos 1805 y 1813, se nos cuenta la historia de dos[...]

Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1828-1910) commonly referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer - novelist, essayist, dramatist and philosopher - as well as pacifist Christian anarchist and educational reformer. He was the most influential member of the aristocratic Tolstoy family. H[...]

Set against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, "War and Peace"? presented here in the first new English translation in forty years?is often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, enn[...]