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

by Leo Tolstoy, Sofia Tolstaya, Lev Lvovich Tolstoy

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 030018994X
• ISBN13: 9780300189940
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.5" x 9.5"