The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year - Softcover

Parini, Jay

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847677797 ISBN 13: 9781847677792

Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd, 2010

Synopsis

1910. Anna Karenina and War and Peace have made Leo Tolstoy the world's most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In the tumultuous final year of his life, Tolstoy is desperate to find respite, so leaves his large family and the hounding press behind and heads into the wilderness. Too ill to venture beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes his last days will pass in peaceful isolation. But the battle for Tolstoy's soul will not be so simple.

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Review:

An impressively knowing and sensitive performance, a wistful late twentieth-century tribute to the giant conflicts of a more titanic age. * * Observer * * One of those rare works of fiction that manage to demonstrate both scrupulous historical research and true originality of voice and perception. * * New York Times Book Review * * Jay Parini has written a stylish, beautifully paced and utterly beguiling novel. * * Sunday Times * * One of the best historical novels written in the last twenty years. -- Gore Vidal

Book Description:

A special tie-in edition to Michael Hoffman's new Oscar-tipped movie, The Last Station

About this edition

• Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1847677797
• ISBN 13: 9781847677792
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384