Tolstoy together : 85 days of war and peace with Yiyun Li / Yiyun Li.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Li, Yiyun, 1972- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Book clubs (Discussion groups).

Voĭna i mir (Tolstoy, Leo, graf).

Tolstoy, Leo, graf, 1828-1910. Voĭna i mir.

Tolstoy, Leo.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (270 pages)

Place of Publication:

New York : A Public Space Books, [2021]

Summary:

"You know how, very occasionally in your life, there's a 'before and after' reading experience? Well, reading with has been that for me----Michael Langan From the acclaimed author of , a book about the art of reading. Yiyun Li invites you to travel with her through Tolstoy's novel--and with fellow readers around the world who joined her for an online book club and an epic journey during a pandemic year. "I've found that the more uncertain life is," Yiyun Li writes, "the more solidity and structure War and Peace provides." expands the epic novel into a rich conversation about literature and ways of reading, with contributions from Garth Greenwell, Elliott Holt, Carl Phillips, Tom Drury, Sara Majka, Alexandra Schwartz, and hundreds of fellow readers. Along with Yiyun Li's daily reading journal and a communal journal with readers' reflections--with commentary on craft and technique, historical context, and character studies, includes a schedule and framework, providing a daily motivating companion for Tolstoy's novel and a reading practice for future books." --Amazon.com.

Contents:

Introduction

An imprecise guide to Tolstoy Together

Days

"Tolstoy is to Dostoevsky as Tchaikovsky is to Rachmaninoff" / Illan M. Maazel

"Tolstoy's wonderful joke" / Alexandra Schwartz

"No circumstance is so dire that Berg can't make it seem absurd" / Tom Drury

"To make space for wonder" / Carl Phillips

"The comfort of objects" / Sara Majka

"Linger with me" / Anthony Domestico.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781734590777

1734590777