Hadji Murat, Leo Tolstoy
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Hadjí Murat

Author: Leo Tolstoy

Narrator: Martin Untrojb

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 04/27/2021


Synopsis

Tolstoy's novella blends fiction and historical fact to portray a legendary Avar chieftain who switched sides in the nineteenth-century Russo-Caucasian war. Inspired by the author's military service, Hadji Murad offers riveting views of warfare and treason, murder and vengeance, and behind-the-scenes political plotting. An uncharacteristically brief story by the creator of War and Peace, it voices Tolstoy's pacifist beliefs. This novella also provides a compelling depiction of the Caucasus, a mountainous territory between the Black Sea and the Caspian, prized for its strategic location and natural resources. Located at the crossroads of three empires - Turkey, Persia, and Russia - the region has long struggled with incursions by its neighbors and remains a troubled corner of the world to this day. Tolstoy's realistic pictures of life in a war zone raise enduringly relevant issues of life and death.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by James on 2024-02-14 20:28:32

I don't know how good this is actually, as my Spanish is not good enough to follow and there's not actually any indication that this is a Spanish translation. Big FYI there