Tolstoy, by: Stefan Zweig

Tolstoy lived, for thirty years, from the twenties to the fifties, in creating his works, freely and indifferently... And for another thirty years, from the fifties until his death, he lived only to understand the meaning of life and comprehend it, fighting against what cannot be grasped, bound to what is difficult to reach... And his mission remained simple and easy until the day he took upon himself this enormous message: to be redeemed, through his struggle for the truth, not only for himself but also for all humanity. And his undertaking of this mission makes him a hero, almost a saint, while his fall in the midst of the struggle to achieve it makes him the most humane of all people... Stefan Zweig Two contrasting signs in the history of European literature meet in a unique work. One of the exceptional studies that formed a special model that still illuminates for students of Tolstoy’s literature many facts neutrally and without embellishment, written by Zweig, one of the pillars of contemporary world literature, known for his mastery in reflection, diagnosis, and inference, as well as artistic enjoyment for the reader. Publisher Number of pages: 198