The Liberation of Tolstoy

A Tale of Two Writers

• Author(s): Ivan Alekseevich Bunin,
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Pages: 364
• ISBN_10: 0810117525
  ISBN_13: 9780810117525
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / Historical , Biography & Autobiography / Literary Figures , Literary Criticism / Russian & Soviet ,

Description:... "Written in 1937, more than two decades after Leo Tolstoy's death, The Liberation of Tolstoy - equal parts biography, memoir, and literary study - serves as a dialogue between two great writers on the proklyatye voprosy, or "damned questions," of life." "Bunin conveys the drama of Tolstoy's last days; his early love and eventual hatred of his wife, Sofya; his relationship with his eccentric family; his difficulties with the Russian Orthodox Church and his embrace of Buddhism; and the politics and events surrounding his funeral. At the same time, this work reflects the drama of Bunin's own difficult circumstances and his search for spiritual deliverance." --Book Jacket.