‘The Cossacks’
By Leo Tolstoy
‘The Cossacks’ is a
wonderful story of a young man who has seen the ‘best’ of the times and has
volunteered himself out of a cozy rich life. Having lived carefree high society
life for years, Olenin decides to give it up and goes to live the harsh life of
a military man in the region of Cossacks. There he discovers his peace of mind
and a balance that he was looking for. But things were not to remain just like
that. He falls in love and finds himself in conflict with keeping his love or to
maintain his friendship with a young Cossack man called Lukashka. He ends his
stay by making it a journey and discovers the other side of human faces in the
end.
Minutest
details are captured so well in this novel, be it geographical or human
psychology, that I don’t think any other author will be able to match Tolstoy
in this area. It has been an enlightening read.
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[Rahul Tiwary]
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