War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyRichard Pevear (Translator, Introduction), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator This indispensable new translation is as close to the original as it is possible to get while at the same time being a clear and fluid translation Tolstoy's enthralling epic depicts Russia's war with Napoleon and its effects on the lives of those caught up in the conflict. He creates some of the most vital and involving characters in literature as he follows the rise and fall

The excerpts here illuminate the concept of the unconscious

but building wealth and being happy are skills we can learn

would look flat

From learning to make fire and using the stars as guides to cooking meals in microwaves and landing on the moon

helping out a friend

Wrought with tension

but is democracy really the best way of organising our political life

in a Casablanca hotel room

one of India’s most respected authorities on art

heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful memoir of how happiness can be found even in the darkest of times

about illness

Politics has determined whatever peace process will be achieved in Nepal