The Last Station

Jay Parini

Original title: The last station

first published 1990 Owl Books, 1998 paperback 304 pages

As Leo Tolstoy's life draws to a tumultuous close, his tempestuous wife and most cunning disciple are locked in a whirlwind battle for the great man's soul. Torn between his professed doctrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth and thirteen children, Tolstoy dramatically flees his home, only to fall ill at a tiny nearby rail station. The famous (and famously troubled) writer believes he is...

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The Last Station edition · 2010 · Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 9780307741301
The last station edition · 2009 · Anchor Books · 290 pages · 9780307386151
The Last Station edition · 2008 · Canongate Books · 9781847673947
Tʻolsŭtʻoi ŭi majimak chŏnggŏjang edition · 2004 · Kungni · 519 pages
The Last Station paperback · 1998 · Owl Books · 304 pages · 9780805058239
The last station. edition · 1994 · Flamingo · 290 pages
The last station edition · 1992 · HarperCollins · 304 pages
The Last Station paperback · 1991 · Warner Books · 9780446392952
The last station edition · 1990 · H. Holt · 290 pages

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