'World of Books' Book Reading Workshop Leo Tolstoy Centenary Celebrations in Nov, 2010 made us revisit his works and we bring to you "ANNA KARENINA", which he called his first true novel
An extremely engrossing read, this book tells the tale of one of the most enthralling love affairs in the history of literature. Penned while Tolstoy was wrestling with a religious crisis that nearly destroyed him, the book is filled with passion and soul-searching. Serialized in the Russian Herald from 1875?877 and published in its entirety in 1878, Anna Karenina was wildly popular and controversial. Yet Anna Karenina is a book that covers much more than one woman's misguided love affair. Tolstoy's broad canvas is big enough to include insight into happy marriages, adultery, sexuality, country life, politics, masculinity and femininity, individuality, conformity, altruism, love, death, longing and success. On nearly every one of its more than 800 pages is a sliver of Tolstoy's philosophy of life. Again and again, these small philosophical interludes resound with meaning that is as applicable today as it was more than a century ago. In all of literature, there are few novels that cover as much territory, or have stood the test of time so well. The literary workshop ‘Pleasure of Reading’ wants us all to look at our innate and compulsive love affair with story, as a species. It is the coming together of minds to brainstorm, meditate and explore the insights of the book, a true meaningful exercise. The workshop entails analysis, readings, movie excerpts and a PowerPoint presentation. Rendezvous @ICG "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy 18th Mar, 2011 from 5.00pm to 7.00pm The resource persons are Daniel Driscoll and Jugneeta Sudan _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/ FN +91-832-2409490 or +91-9822122436 (after 2pm) _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
