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Summary
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and
devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “If everyone fought for their own convictions there
would be no war.” ― Leo Tolstoy, War and Peace
** “Shimmering. . . . [It] offers an opportunity to see
this great classic afresh, to approach it not as a monument but
rather as a deeply touching story about our contradictory human
hearts.”
“A major new translation . . . [which] brings us the
palpability [of Tolstoy's characters] as perhaps never before.
. . . Pevear and Volokhonsky's new translation gives us new
access to the spirit and order of the book.”
“Excellent. . . . An extraordinary achievement. . . .
Wonderfully fresh and readable. . . . The English-speaking
world is indebted to these two magnificent translators for
revealing more of its hidden riches than any who have tried to
translated the book before.”
"Tolstoy's War and Peace
has often been put in a league with Homer's epic poems; it
seems to me that the same might be said for Pevear and
Volokhonsky's translation of his great novel. . . . Their
efforts convey a much closer equivalent in English to the
experience of reading the original."
“Shimmering. . . . [It] offers an opportunity to see
this great classic afresh, to approach it not as a monument but
rather as a deeply touching story about our contradictory human
hearts.”
“A major new translation . . . [which] brings us the
palpability [of Tolstoy's characters] as perhaps never before.
. . . Pevear and Volokhonsky's new translation gives us new
access to the spirit and order of the book.”
“Excellent. . . . An extraordinary achievement. . . .
Wonderfully fresh and readable. . . . The English-speaking
world is indebted to these two magnificent translators for
revealing more of its hidden riches than any who have tried to
translated the book before.”
"Tolstoy's War and Peace
has often been put in a league with Homer's epic poems; it
seems to me that the same might be said for Pevear and
Volokhonsky's translation of his great novel. . . . Their
efforts convey a much closer equivalent in English to the
experience of reading the original."
War and Peace is an epic novel by Leo Tolstoy that explores the
lives on individuals during the time of international
conflict.Review
—Michael Dirda, *The Washington Post Book World
—James Wood, The New Yorker
—Orlando Figes, The New York Review of Books
—Michael Katz, New England Review
*Full review here:
http://www.nereview.com/29-4/29-4Katz.htmReview
—Michael Dirda, *The Washington Post Book World
—James Wood, The New Yorker
—Orlando Figes, The New York Review of Books
—Michael Katz, New England Review
*Full review here:
http://www.nereview.com/29-4/29-4Katz.htm