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The Cossacks

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Cossacks
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Leo Tolstoy
Translated by Peter Constantine
Introduction by Cynthia Ozick
SeriesModern Library Classics
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:192
Dimensions(mm): Height 201,Width 132
Category/GenreClassic fiction (pre c 1945)
ISBN/Barcode 9780812975048
ClassificationsDewey:891.733
Audience
General
Illustrations 1 MAP

Publishing Details

Publisher Random House USA Inc
Imprint Modern Library Inc
Publication Date 14 February 2006
Publication Country United States

Description

Tolstoy's "Cossack" is another fascinating story where purpose is found in the atmosphere of war. This goes for the jaded Olenin, an heir to a fortune that he had half squandered until he abandons his jaded life as a Moscow socialite for the adventures as a soldier in the Caucasus where he finds his purpose and true love. It compliments such stories like "Taras Bulba", "Union Moujik", "Eugene Onegin", and "War and Peace". This book is not as popular as Tolstoy's other works but it is equally as good.

Author Biography

Peter Constantine, winner of a PEN Book-of-the-Month Club Translation Prize and a National Translation Award, has earned wide acclaim for his translation of the complete works of Isaac Babel. His Modern Library translations include Gogol's Taras Bulba and Voltaire's Candide. Cynthia Ozick is the celebrated author of many novels, including The Shawl, The Puttermesser Papers, and Heir to the Glimmering World, and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for her essay collection Quarrel & Quandary.