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Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li
Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li | Yiyun Li, A Public Space
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A reader's companion for Tolstoy's epic novel, War and Peace, inspired by the online book club led by Yiyun Li. For the writer Yiyun Li, whenever life has felt uncertain, War and Peace has been the novel she turns to. In March 2020, as the pandemic tightened its grip, Li and A Public Space launched #TolstoyTogether, a War and Peace book club, on Twitter and Instagram, gathering a community (that came to include writers such as Joyce Carol Oates, Garth Greenwell, and Carl Phillips) for 85 days of prompts, conversation, succor, and pleasure. It was an experience shaped not only by the time in which they read but also the slow, consistent rhythm of the reading. And the extraordinary community that gathered for a moment each day to discuss Tolstoy, history, and the role of art in a time like this. Tolstoy Together captures that moment, and offers a guided, communal experience for past and new readers, lovers of Russian literature, and all those looking for what Li identifies as "his level-headedness and clear-sightedness offer[ing] a solidity during a time of duress.
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Lissa00
Lissa00
Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li | Yiyun Li, A Public Space
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So excited to start this journey! #tolstoytogether. I did read War and Peace a couple of years ago but still looking forward to a more careful reread.

TheNeverendingTBR I love this War And Peace cover! 😍 2y
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everlocalwest
everlocalwest
Tolstoy Together: 85 Days of War and Peace with Yiyun Li | Yiyun Li, A Public Space
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And with that deluge of reviews I'm caught up on reviewing books I read while we didn't have power/internet!

Tomorrow I'm starting a new journey. Any other Littens doing #TolstoyTogether?

SamAnne I read it last year prompted by the readalong! 3y
everlocalwest @SamAnne So cool! I missed it and I'm excited they are doing another one!! 3y
SamAnne @everlocalwest I loved War and Peace so much I didn‘t want it to end. I‘m planning to read Anna Karenina this winter. 3y
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Lissa00 Yes! I am starting my read this afternoon and also reading the companion book. 3y
everlocalwest @Lissa00 Awesome! I'm so happy there are other Littens joining in. I did today's reading and feel a bit daunted by all of the untranslated French but got into a flow of flicking my eyes back and forth to the footnotes. 3y
everlocalwest @SamAnne I read Anna several years ago and absolutely loved it! I read it in the Volokhonsky and Pevear translation and was delighted by how readable it was. I had expected it to feel like 'work.' Hoping the same for W&P! 3y
Lissa00 @everlocalwest I have the same version but I think I‘m going to switch to the Briggs translation. I‘ve read that the French is translated in the text in that one and not in footnotes. 3y
mklong I‘m in too! I‘m reading the Oxford World‘s Classics edition because I always like their explanatory notes. I‘m planning to read the companion book along with it, but my copy hasn‘t arrived yet. 3y
everlocalwest @Lissa00 oohh, having the French translated within the text would be so nice!! 3y
everlocalwest @mklong Awesome!! I'm so excited to be reading with y'all! 3y
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