{"product_id":"9781943657162","title":"Simply Tolstoy","description":"\u003cp\u003eCount \u003cstrong\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/strong\u003e (1828-1910) was born at Yasnaya Polyana, his ancestral estate located about 120 miles from Moscow. While he would live and travel in other places over the years, he always considered this family residence in the Russian heartland as his home. His lifelong quest for truth and meaning began while he was a university student. Subsequent experiences as an artillery officer in the Caucasian and Crimean Wars, and time spent in St. Petersburg and Europe, broadened his perspective and profoundly influenced him.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn\u003cem\u003e Simply Tolstoy\u003c\/em\u003e, Professor \u003cstrong\u003eDonna Tussing Orwin\u003c\/strong\u003e traces the author’s profound journey of discovery and explains how he mined his tumultuous inner life to create his great works, including \u003cem\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Death of Ivan Ilych\u003c\/em\u003e. She shows how these books, both fiction and nonfiction, are not autobiographical in the conventional sense, but function as snapshots of Tolstoy’s state of mind at specific points in his life. The story she tells is, inevitably, intertwined with the story of Russia, a country also in constant search of its identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMixing biography, literary analysis, and history, \u003cem\u003eSimply Tolstoy\u003c\/em\u003e is a satisfying read for those already familiar with the author’s work, as well as an accessible and thoroughly engaging introduction to a literary giant who was also a tireless and uncompromising seeker of truth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simply Charly","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47054434074864,"sku":"9781943657162","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781943657162_p0.jpg?v=1763791416","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781943657162","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}