War and Peace

Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American Read



Often called the greatest novel ever written, War and Peace is at once an epic of the Napoleonic Wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Tolstoy's genius is seen clearly in the multitude of characters in this massive chronicle--all of them fully realized and equally memorable. Out of this complex narrative emerges a profound examination of the individual's place in the historical process, one that makes it clear why Thomas Mann praised Tolstoy for his Homeric powers and placed War and Peace in the same category as the Iliad: "To read him . . . is to find one's way home . . . to everything within us that is fundamental and sane."

Nominalizat drept unul dintre cele mai iubite romane ale Americii de catre Great American ReadOften al PBS numit cel mai mare roman scris vreodata, Razboiul si pacea este in acelasi timp o epopee a razboaielor napoleoniene, un studiu filosofic si o sarbatoare a spiritului rus. Geniul lui Tolstoi este vazut clar in multitudinea de personaje din aceasta cronica masiva - toate pe deplin realizate si la fel de memorabile.