SirryD reviewed on 5/6/2011 + 34 more book reviews

Alternating narrators from Count Leo Tolstoy's household tell of his attempts to balance his philosophy of poverty and his privileged lifestyle by living humbly in his final days. "In the end, it is not the people around him who speak most eloquently for Tolstoy, but the sincerity of his own words--and those of Parini in his kaleidoscopically rich and skillful novel," said Publisher's Weekly. This reader usually likes to either read the book OR see the movie - not both. However, after reading this engrossing novel, I MUST see the movie!

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