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Title: THE LAST STATION
By: Jay Parini
Format: Paperback

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ISBN 10: 1847677754
ISBN 13: 9781847677754
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Publisher: CANONGATE BOOKS LTD
Pub. date: 4 February, 2010
Edition: Film tie-in ed
Pages: 384
Description: A special tie-in edition to Michael Hoffman's new movie. The Last Station centres on the battle for Leo Tolstoy's soul waged by his wife and his leading disciple. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity on the one hand and the reality of his life of hedonism on the other, he makes a dramatic flight from his home. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes he is dying alone, while outside over one hundred newspapermen are awaiting hourly reports on his condition.
Synopsis: Set in the tumultuous last year of Leo Tolstoy's life, The Last Station centres on the battle for his soul waged by his wife and his leading disciple. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity on the one hand and the reality of his life of hedonism on the other, Tolstoy makes a dramatic flight from his home. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny station of Astapovo, he believes he is dying alone, while outside over one hundred newspapermen are awaiting hourly reports on his condition. Narrated in six different voices, The Last Station is a richly inventive novel that dances bewitchingly between fact and fiction.
Illustrations: ill
Publication: UK
Imprint: Canongate Books Ltd
Returns: Returnable
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