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The Kreutzer Sonata Variations: Lev Tolstoy´s Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy

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Description for The Kreutzer Sonata Variations: Lev Tolstoy´s Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy Hardback. Contains a new translation of Leo Tolstoy's controversial novella, The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. This title provides a revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society. Editor(s): Katz, Michael R. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 704.
A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy's controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author's wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy's provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Weight
703g
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780300189940
SKU
V9780300189940
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About Michael R. Katz
Michael Katz is the C.V. Starr Professor Emeritus of Russian and Eastern European Studies at Middlebury College. He is the author of two previous books on Russian literature and the translator of more than a dozen Russian novels into English, including major works by Herzen, Chernyshevsky, Turgenev, Dostoevsky, Jabotinsky, and S. Ansky.

Reviews for The Kreutzer Sonata Variations: Lev Tolstoy´s Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy
Sofiya Tolstoy can write! . . . [She] pulls off a remarkable structural feat in mirroring Kreutzer's wife-murder plot from the point of view of the murdered wife. . . . Graceful, emotionally intuitive, and heartbreaking . . . a deeply affecting defense of love . . . Sofiya lives on in [her] astonishingly skillful novella. -Ron Rosenbaum, Slate
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