Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (riverrun editions) (Paperback)

'The beautiful illusion, when reading Tolstoy, is that one is looking directly at the world, as opposed to a depiction' Andrew O'Hagan from his preface to Childhood, Boyhood and Youth Published in 1852, when he was just twenty-four, Childhood was Tolstoy's first published work, and the first of a trilogy of stories that evoke the upbringing and traditional education of a Russian aristocrat in a world that vanished with the revolution. In this self-portrait, narrated by its protagonist Nikolya, the young Tolstoy captured the textures of adolescence with a psychological insight and subtlety of analysis that look forward to his mature achievements; while his matchless objectivity - summoning the smells, sights and sounds of early childhood - is already fully present in these pages. The riverrun edition reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose influential versions of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide readership in English.

General

Imprint:	Riverrun Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	riverrun editions
Release date:	November 2020
Authors:	Leo Tolstoy
Contributors:	Andrew O'Hagan
Dimensions:	196 x 128 x 32mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	464
ISBN-13:	978-1-78747-930-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-78747-930-7
Barcode:	9781787479302

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