A. N. Wilson's Tolstoy is a highly intelligent and accessible
biography of the most famous writer in the Russian canon. 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.
Magisterial... Wilson has an advantage over a mere biographer,
looking not to judge his subject but to fully understand the
inspirations behind his great works - Daily Express
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