{"product_id":"childhood-boyhood-youth-paperback","title":"Childhood, Boyhood, Youth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJudson Rosengrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by), \u003cb\u003eJudson Rosengrant\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new, definitive translation of Tolstoy's early autobiographical trilogy\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLeo Tolstoy began his trilogy, \u003ci\u003eChildhood; Boyhood; Youth\u003c\/i\u003e, in his early twenties. Although he would in his old age famously dismiss it as an 'awkward mixture of fact and fiction', generations of readers have not agreed, finding the novel to be a charming and insightful portrait of inner growth against the background of a world limned with extraordinary clarity, grace and color. Evident too in its brilliant account of a young person's emerging awareness of the world and of his place within it are many of the stances, techniques and themes that would come to full flower in the immortal \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e, and in the other great works of Tolstoy's maturity. Prizewinning translator Judson Rosengrant has stunningly realized Tolstoy's voice in English prose to make this new Penguin Classics edition of \u003ci\u003eChildhood; Boyhood; Youth\u003c\/i\u003e the \"definitive translation. . . in this generation\" (Janet Fitch). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1828 at Yasnaya Polyana, in the Tula province, and educated privately. He studied Oriental languages and law at the University of Kazan, then led a life of pleasure until 1851 when he joined an artillery regiment in the Caucasus. He took part in the Crimean War and after the defense of Sebastopol he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe Sebastopol Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e (1855-56), which established his reputation. After a period in St Petersburg and abroad, he married Sofya Andreyevna Behrs in 1862. The next fifteen years was a period of great happiness; they had thirteen children, and Tolstoy managed his vast estates in the \u003ci\u003eVolga Steppes\u003c\/i\u003e, continued his educational projects, cared for his peasants and wrote \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e (1869) and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e (1877). \u003ci\u003eA Confession\u003c\/i\u003e (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life, and in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod. He died in 1910, in the course of a dramatic flight from home, at the small railway station of Astapovo. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudson Rosengrant\u003c\/b\u003e has translated and edited a wide range of Russian literature and historiography, including works by Olesha, Lydia Ginzburg, Iskander, Limonov and Radzinsky. He has taught Russian language, literature and culture at the University of Southern California, Indiana University and Reed College in the United States, and translation theory and practice at St Petersburg State University in Russia.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.92 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 26, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51753870688544,"sku":"9780140449921","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/29a82cf9824b5041fc114cc8cf887b8b.webp?v=1780028638","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/childhood-boyhood-youth-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}