Childhood, Boyhood and Youth (riverrun editions) Paperback / softback
by Leo Tolstoy
Part of the riverrun editions series
Paperback / softback
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'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 YouthPublished 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 Nikólya, 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.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:464 pages
- Publisher:Quercus Publishing
- Publication Date:12/11/2020
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- ISBN:9781787479302
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Only a few left - usually despatched within 24 hours
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:464 pages
- Publisher:Quercus Publishing
- Publication Date:12/11/2020
- Category:
- ISBN:9781787479302
