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Irina Paperno - Who, What Am I?: Tolstoy Struggles to Narrate the Self - 9780801453342 - V9780801453342
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Who, What Am I?: Tolstoy Struggles to Narrate the Self

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Description for Who, What Am I?: Tolstoy Struggles to Narrate the Self Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 462.

"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 attempting to achieve it. "Who, What Am I?" is an account of Tolstoy's lifelong attempt to find adequate ways to represent ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9780801453342
SKU
V9780801453342
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Irina Paperno
Irina Paperno teaches Russian literature and intellectual history at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of Stories of the Soviet Experience: Memoirs, Diaries, Dreams and Suicide as a Cultural Institution in Dostoevsky's Russia.

Reviews for Who, What Am I?: Tolstoy Struggles to Narrate the Self
Offers a rare exploration into the internal world of Tolstoy by examining his nonfictional, first-person writings, including diaries, letters, reminiscences, autobiographical and confessional statements, and essays.... Paperno makes an invaluable contribution to Tolstoy scholarship.
R. A. Erb
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Paperno deftly shows how Tolstoi's attempt to write an autobiography failed, but his perceived failure at capturing the moral, ... Read more

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