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Troyat was a French author, biographer, A thoroughly researched and detailed telling of Count Tolstoy's life and work, Henri Troyat's biography of Russia's greatest novelist is an incredible masterpiece.
Beautifully bound in full Under M. Troyat's guidance, one is led to understand why Tolstoy is considered one of the most bizarre personalities of modern times; why he was regarded by his contemporaries not only as a literary giant but also as a gargantuan enigma. Tolstoy fascinated the people of his own time.
Out Tant Que La From his famously bad marriage to his enormously successful career, Troyat presents a brilliant portrait that reads like an epic novel written by Tolstoy himself.
Henri Troyat (born Lev Adopting a Gallic nom de plume, Troyat began to introduce a wider French audience of readers to the special qualities of Russian literature, writing biographies of Pushkin, Gogol, Chekhov and Dostoevsky, as well as long cycles of his own novels and short stories.
The author of short psychological novels, He published more than books, novels and biographies, among them those of Anton Chekhov, Catherine the Great, Rasputin, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy. Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil, which was adapted as an English-language film in under the title The Mountain.
By Troyat, Henri, ; New York.: While attending to the everyday events in Tolstoy’s life—his marriage, his literary friendships, his voluntary poverty—Troyat narrated “a tremendous story, surprisingly modern.” Our final verdict: a “beautiful book.”.
Follow Henri Troyat and Henri Troyat Grove Press, - Biography & Autobiography - pages In this definitive portrait of one of the greatest novelists of all time, Leo Tolstoy embodies the most.