Sevastopol Tales by Leo Tolstoy

Sevastopol Tales by Leo Tolstoy'His fiction changed the way human beings think about themselves' George Saunders 'If the world could write by itself, it would write like Tolstoy' Isaac Babel Crimea, 1854: Sevastopol's inhabitants taunt the besieging forces that keep them trapped behind defensive walls. So begins Leo Tolstoy's depiction of nine months of battle and bravery, based on his own experiences in the Crimean War. This new translation by acclaimed translator Nicolas

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