Enthusiasts of the novel - Let's debate!!!
I am rereading this for the second time and it's surely not the last. Nabokov, Dostoevsky, Faulkner, Eugenidis, Pamuk... they were all right, this is the single most brilliant reading experience literature has to offer.
What I love about Tolstoy is the clarity. Not only is his insight into what is in us, around us, and in the air that envelops us deep and thought provoking, it's also his descriptions of scenes that is incredible. It's like seeing a beautiful painting. I think the Levin hunting/nature scenes are the best written of all time. It's like you were there.
What are your thoughts on the novel? What were your favourite parts, character, quotes?
"if you forgive, you forgive completely."