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From Library Journal
Thanks to British
narrator Frederick Davidson's performance, it is safe to say that
there will not be a better recording of Tolstoy's masterpiece for
some time. The heart of this drama is the metamorphosis of five
familiesAsome peasant, some aristocraticAamid the backdrop of the
Napoleonic Wars. Each individual is immersed in experiences and
conversations elucidating Tolstoy's themes of self-sacrifice and
self-indulgence, anguish and ecstasy, diplomacy and deception, and
religion and perdition. The complexities of character and plot are
sometimes enigmatic, and names are often exhausting to recollect,
but the genius of this book is everlasting. The impressive dialog
sparkles with humor and wit, and the vivid scenes of battle are
riveting. An entire universe is created by one of the foremost
thinkers of the 19th century, and Davidson's exquisite narration
heightens the perfection of this novel, regarded as one of the
greatest in literature. Highly recommended for all
collections.ABarbara Mann, Adelphi Univ., Garden City, NY
Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text
refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this
title.
Review
?There remains the greatest of all novelists?for what else can we
call the author of War and Peace?? ?Virginia
Woolf
From the Trade Paperback edition. --This text refers to
an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
内容简介
Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is
at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and
a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is seen
clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive
chronicle--all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of
this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the
individual's place in the historical process, one that makes it
clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and
placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad": " "To read
him . . . is to find one's way home . . . to everything within us
that is fundamental and sane."