Resurrection

R$ 45,90

Sinopse

This powerful novel, Tolstoy’s third major masterpiece, after War and Peace and Anna Karenina, begins with a courtroom drama (the finest in Russian literature) all the more stunning for being based on a real-life event. Dmitri Nekhlyudov, called to jury service, is astonished to see in the dock, charged with murder, a young woman whom he once seduced, propelling her into prostitution. She is found guilty on a technicality, and he determines to overturn the verdict. This pitches him into a hellish labyrinth of Russian courts, prisons and bureaucracy, in which the author loses no opportunity for satire and bitter criticism of a state system (not confined to that country) of cruelty and injustice. This is Dickens for grown-ups, involving a hundred characters, Crime and Punishment brought forward half a century. With unforgettable set-pieces of sexual passion, conflict and social injustice, Resurrection proceeds from brothel to court-room, stinking cells to offices of state, luxury apartments to filthy life in Siberia. The ultimate crisis of moral responsibility embroils not only the famous author and his hero, but also you and me. Can we help resolve the eternal issues of law and imprisonment?

Participantes

Autor: Leo Tolstoy

Ilustrador: Nathan Clair

Tradutor: Louise Maude | Aylmer Maude

Autor

LEO TOLSTOY

O escritor russo Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoi (1828-1910) — também conhecido como Leon, Leão ou Liev Tolstoi — destacou-se no panteão dos grandes mestres russos da literatura do século XIX, ao lado de nomes como Dostoiévski, Turguêniev e Tchekhov. Não bastasse a honra de ser um dos proeminentes de um círculo tão grandioso de escritores, Tolstói foi um ativista ferrenho do pacifismo, propagandeando durante toda a sua velhice os benefícios de uma vida simples e próxima da natureza. Atormentado por questões familiares, fugiu de casa aos 82 anos, falecendo de pneumonia, sozinho, em uma estação de trem. Suas obras de maior destaque são Guerra e paz e Anna Kariênina.