Last Steps: The Late Writings of Leo Tolstoy

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Product ID:	9780141191195
Product Form:	Paperback / softback
Country of Manufacture:	GB
Title:	Last Steps: The Late Writings of Leo Tolstoy
Authors:	Author: Leo Tolstoy, Jay Parini, Jay Parini
Page Count:	368
Subjects:	Diaries, letters and journals, Diaries, letters & journals, Biography and non-fiction prose, Prose: non-fiction
Description:	A collection of Leo Tolstoy's autobiographical writing, diaries, and letters related to the last year of Tolstoy's life. 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 isolation. But as we learn through the journals of those closest to him, the battle for Tolstoy''s soul will not be a peaceful one. Jay Parini introduces, translates and edits this collection of Tolstoy''s autobiographical writing, diaries, and letters related to the last year of Tolstoy''s life published to coincide with the 2009 film of Parini''s novel The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy''s Final Year.
Imprint Name:	Penguin Classics
Publisher Name:	Penguin Books Ltd
Country of Publication:	GB
Publishing Date:	2009-10-29

Weight	270 g
Dimensions	196 × 128 × 22 mm