Hadji Murat
Author(s): Leo Tolstoy
Hadji Murat, one of the most feared and venerated mountain chiefs in the Chechen struggle against the Russians, defects from the Muslim rebels after feuding with his ruling Imam, Shamil. Hoping to protect his family, he joins the Russians, who accept him but never put their trust in him - and so Murat must find another way to end the struggle.
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My personal touchstone for the sublime of prose fiction, to me the best story in the world.A" Harold Bloom As I read Hadji-Murat again, I thought: this is the man one should learn from. Here the electric charge went from the earth, through the hands, straight to the paper, with no insulation, quite mer- cilessly stripping off any and all outer shrouds with a sense of truth - a truth, furthermore, which was clothed in garments both transparent and beautiful.A" Isaac Babel
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) is regarded by some as the greatest novelist of all time. With such master- pieces as Anna Karenina and War and Peace, he influenced generations of writers and changed the course of world literature.
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- : Oneworld Classics Ltd
- : Oneworld Classics Ltd
- : 0.227
- : 17 April 2011
- : 198mm X 128mm X 18mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : Leo Tolstoy
- : Paperback
- : 1
- : 891.733
- : 192
- : black & white illustrations