“He was driven by a desire to travel, but not just any travel—he sought something foreign and distant, a place where the extraordinary would shake him from the […]
Russian literature
Dry Valley
“The past is always beautiful. So, for that matter, is the future. Only the present hurts, and we carry it around like an abscess in our hearts.” — […]
Russian literature
Hadji Murat
“I remembered a once glorious, now crushed thistle… There is nothing more tenacious than this rough, hardy plant.” Introduction The novel opens with Tolstoy’s reflection on a crushed […]