War and Peace [战争与和平] 英文原版

作者 Leo Tolstoy著
出版社 Penguin Classics
出版时间 2006年12月
ISBN 9780143039990
定价 218.50

内容简介

SetagainstthesweepingpanoplyofNapoleon'sinvasionofRussia,WarandPeace?presentedhereinthefirstnewEnglishtranslationinfortyyears?isoftenconsideredthegreatestnoveleverwritten.AtitscenterarePierreBezukhov,searchingformeaninginhislife;cynicalPrinceAndrei,ennobledbywartimesuffering;andNatashaRostov,whoseimpulsivenessthreatenstodestroyherhappiness.AsTolstoyfollowsthechangingfortunesofhischaracters,hecraftsaviewofhumanitythatisbothepicandintimateandthatcontinuestodefinefictionatitsmostresplendent.*Includesanintroduction,noteonthetranslation,castofcharacters,maps,notesonthemajorbattlesdepicted,andchaptersummaries"ThebesttranslationsofarofTolstoy'smasterpieceintoEnglish."-RobertA.Maguire,professoremeritusofRussianstudies,ColumbiaUniversity"InTolstoy'sworkpartofthetranslator'sdifficultyliesinconveyingnotonlythesimplicitybutthesubtletyofthebook'sscaleandeffect....Briggshasrenderedbothwithaparticularexactnessandavigorousprecisionnottobefound,Ithink,inanyprevioustranslation."-JohnBayley,authorofElegyforIris

作者简介

CountLeoTolstoywasbornonSeptember9,1828,inYasnayaPolyana,Russia.Orphanedatnine,hewasbroughtupbyanelderlyauntandeducatedbyFrenchtutorsuntilhematriculatedatKazanUniversityin1844.In1847,hegaveuphisstudiesand,afterseveralaimlessyears,volunteeredformilitarydutyinthearmy,servingasajuniorofficerintheCrimeanWarbeforeretiringin1857.In1862,TolstoymarriedSophieBehrs,amarriagethatwastobecome,forhim,bitterlyunhappy.Hisdiary,startedin1847,wasusedforself-studyandself-criticism;itservedasthesourcefromwhichhedrewmuchofthematerialthatappearednotonlyinhisgreatnovelsWarandPeace(1869)andAnnaKarenina(1877),butalsoinhisshorterworks.Seekingreligiousjustificationforhislife,TolstoyevolvedanewChristianitybaseduponhisowninterpretationoftheGospels.YasnayaPolyanabecameameccaforhismanyconverts.Attheageofeighty-two,whileawayfromhome,thewritersufferedabreakdowninhishealthinAstapovo,Riazan,andhediedthereonNovember20,1910.AnthonyBriggshaswritten,translated,oreditedtwentybooksinthefieldsofRussianandEnglishliterature.OrlandoFigesistheprizewinningauthorofAPeople’sTragedyandNatasha’sDance.HeisaregularcontributortoTheNewYorkTimes,TheWashingtonPost,andTheNewYorkReviewofBooks.

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