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mk  ·  4308 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Mind-blowing literature?

War and Peace: if I had just three books, it would be one of them. There is a subtlety to Tolstoy that is overwhelming.





blackbootz  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    There is a subtlety to Tolstoy that is overwhelming.

I think I know what you mean. I'm just about finished Anna Karenina and I'm constantly rereading sections where he just sublimely describes universal human behavior and motivation. I really like it. Is that what you were referring to, his subtlety?

mk  ·  3726 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yes, absolutely. IMO that's the genius of his writing.

The actions of his works are like movements of an orchestra, and you listen to them build in the minds of his characters.