Love and Hatred: The Tormented Marriage of Leo and Sonya Tolstoy

A touching, brilliant, & groundbreaking biography of one of literary historys most famous couples, the famous Russian author Leo Tolstoy & his wife Sonya, at once a dual biography, a history, & the portrait of a long & stormy marriage. It is a compelling illumination both of the nature of genius & of the universal problems of love, sex, & marriage — themes that Tolstoy played out in his great fiction & that haunted him in his tangled domestic life. The book is rich in anecdotes, full of sweeping history, & imbued with Shirers profound knowledge of literature & life. A story of a great romance between two people who could live neither together nor apart. B&W photos.