Who, What Am I?: Tolstoy Struggles to Narrate the Self

by Irina Paperno

Book Overview

"God only knows how many diverse, captivating impressions and thoughts evoked by these impressions... pass in a single day. If it were only possible to render them in such a way that I could easily read myself and that others could read me as I do..." Such was the desire of the young Tolstoy. Although he knew that this narrative utopia--turning the totality of his life into a book--would remain unfulfilled, Tolstoy would spend the rest of his life...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501725157
• ISBN13: 9781501725159
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher