The Kreutzer Sonata Variations: Lev Tolstoy's Novella and Counterstories by Sofiya Tolstaya and Lev Lvovich Tolstoy

A work unprecedented in world literature, this unique volume contains a new translation of Lev Tolstoy’s controversial novella The Kreutzer Sonata, which was initially banned by Russian censors. In addition, available to English readers for the first time is a fascinating and previously neglected constellation of counterstories written by the author’s wife and son in direct response to Tolstoy’s provocative tale, each a passionate attempt to undo the message of the original work. These radically conflicting tales, accompanied by excerpts from family letters, diaries, notes, and memoirs, provide readers with a vivid and highly revealing case study of the powerful disputes concerning sexuality and gender roles that erupted within the cultural context of late-nineteenth-century Russian, as well as European, society.

• Author
• Leo Tolstoy, Michael R. Katz, Sofia Tolstaya, Lev Lvovich Tolstoy, Ekaterina Tolstaya, Andrey Tolstoy

• Format
• hardcover

• Pages
• 384

• Publisher
• Yale University Press

• Language
• english

• ISBN
• 9780300189940

• Genres
• classics, fiction, russia, novels

• Release date
• 2014