Hadji Murad & Other Stories

Name: Hadji Murad & Other Stories
Brand: Quercus Publishing

Quercus Publishing

'How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of Tolstoy's stories'\nSharon Cameron in her preface to Hadji Murad and Other Stories\nThis, the third volume of Tolstoy's shorter fiction concentrates on his later stories, including one of his greatest, 'Hadji Murad'. In the stark form of homily that shapes these later works, life considered as one's own has no rational meaning. From the chain of events that follows in the wake of two schoolboys' deception in 'The Forged Coupon' to the disillusionment of the narrator in 'After the Ball' we see, in Virginia Woolf's observation, that Tolstoy puts at the centre of his writing\none 'who gathers into himself all experience, turns the world round between his\n\nHadji Murad and other stories (riverrun editions)\n\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery using Royal Mail tracked services.\n\nPlease note tha;