{"product_id":"creating-anna-karenina-bob-blaisdell-9781643134628","title":"Creating Anna Karenina: Tolstoy and the Birth of Literature's Most Enigmatic Heroine","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe story behind the origins of \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e and the turbulent life and times of Leo Tolstoy.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnna Karenina is one of the most nuanced characters in world literature and we return to her, and the novel she propels, again and again. Remarkably, there has not yet been an examination of Leo Tolstoy specifically through the lens of this novel. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCritic and professor Bob Blaisdell unravels Tolstoy's family, literary, and day-to-day life during the period that he conceived, drafted, abandoned, and revised \u003ci\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e. In the process, we see where Tolstoy's life and his art intersect in obvious and unobvious ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eReaders often assume that Tolstoy, a nobleman-turned-mystic would write himself into the principled Levin. But in truth, it is within Anna that the consciousness and energy flows with the same depth and complexities as Tolstoy. Her fateful suicide is the road that Tolstoy nearly traveled himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a nuanced biography and portrait of the last decades of the Russian empire and artful literary examination, \u003ci\u003eCreating Anna Karenina\u003c\/i\u003e will enthrall the thousands of readers whose lives have become deeper and clearer after experiencing this hallmark of world literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bob Blaisdell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1643134620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781643134628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/04\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/22\/2020","brand":"Bob Blaisdell","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047574532351,"sku":"9781643134628","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_aba4b989-162f-4fa3-b497-42bc1c2bea4b.jpg?v=1762885860","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/creating-anna-karenina-bob-blaisdell-9781643134628","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}