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Tolstoy, Leo
2 Reviews
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YA
Tash's modern video adaptation of Anna Karenina unexpectedly garners her internet fame. Tash struggles to control all the characters in her life--both fictional and real, including an unpredictable older sister, two lifelong best friends, and an online crush. Complicating matters further, Tash defines herself as both a romantic and as asexual. Ormsbee creates a flawed hero who grows personally and artistically.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
(4)
YA
World Writers series.
Heims portrays the author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina as a man difficult to ignore, dismiss--or like. This volume emphasizes the indecision of Tolstoy's early years and the radical Christianity of his last decades. His complexity and extraordinary social influence in Russia come through in the dry text. Photographs and art reproductions help set the scene. Timeline, websites. Bib., ind.
Reviewer: Megan Lynn Isaac
2 reviews
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