Tolstoy and Anti-Semitism
The Washington Times’ recent review of Sarah Honig’s “Debunking the Bull” praises the book of essays by The Jerusalem Post […]
Stalin and ‘Casual Vacancy’
This spring, while in Moscow, I visited a central bookstore on Tverskaya Street. Shop windows displayed the familiar red and
Why People Write About Tolstoy?
As I was reading Christopher Hitchens’ memoir Hitch-22, I stumbled upon the phrase that The Kreutzer Sonata, “was the title
Writers About Themselves
Despite the sweeping success of the Animal Farm, George Orwell suspected his next book would become a failure. Throughout his
Writers: Rating Their Own Books
Upon completing his first great novel, Tolstoy told a friend, “I’ve stopped writing, and will never again write verbose nonsense