War and Peace
Description
Introduction by A. N. Wilson - Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle--all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual's place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad: "To read him . . . is to find one' s way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane."
Product Details
Price
$22.00
$20.46
Publisher
Modern Library
Publish Date
July 09, 2002
Pages
1424
Dimensions
5.16 X 8.02 X 1.97 inches | 2.16 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780375760648
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About the Author
A. N. Wilson is an award-winning novelist, biographer, and journalist, and the author of God's Funeral and the biographies C. S. Lewis, Paul, and Jesus. He lives in London.
Reviews
"There remains the greatest of all novelists--for what else can we call the author of War and Peace?" --Virginia Woolf
