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‘Escape from the prison-house of the known and the real into those enchanted lands of incredible adventure and infinite possibilities which dreams open up to us
adolescence and the clash of generations
and alienation-issues that continue to resonate with artists today
FROM THE AWARD-WINNING TRANSLATORS RICHARD PEVEAR AND LARISSA VOLOKHONSKY
” —Naomi Novik
What Is Art? Puzo ‘Escape from the prison-house ofLeo Tolstoy is one of the most celebrated novelists of all time. As well as writing literary classics such as Anna Karenina and War and Peace, he was the author of some hugely influential critical and philosophical works. First published in 1898, his book length essay What is Art? has lost none of its power to challenge our perception of art and its function in society today. In this provocative work Tolstoy famously dismisses works by Shakespeare,