{"product_id":"confession-revised-9780393314755","title":"Confession (Revised)","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \"Confession\" Tolstoy poses the question: Is there any meaning in my life that will not be destroyed by my death?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1879 the fifty-year-old author of \"War and Peace\" and \"Anna Karenina\" came to believe that he had accomplished nothing in life. Either of these magnificant novels would have assured Tolstoy's permanent place in the annals of world literature, yet his achievement was not enough to give his life meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Confession\" is an account of this spiritual crisis, marking a shift of Tolstoy's central focus from the aesthetic to the religious and philisophical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leo Tolstoy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 96\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393314755\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePatterson, David:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cstrong\u003eDavid Patterson\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor of English at Oklahoma State University and translator of Tolstoy's \u003cem\u003eThe Forged Coupon\u003c\/em\u003e, also available in Norton paperback.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTolstoy, Leo:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (1828-1910), a giant of world literature, is the author of many classics, including \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Leo Tolstoy \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48614022414493,"sku":"9780393314755","price":21.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_ed48a2fa-febd-4086-a84a-9f6bd1a84455.jpg?v=1783463743","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/confession-revised-9780393314755","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}