Tolstoy, who is an... «The Cunning Man»
majj-s21 июня 2017Tolstoy, who is an exception to so many rules, shows us such a death in War and Peace. Prince Andrew Bolkonsky's thigh is shattered by an exploding shell at Borodino, and after a time he is taken to the field hospital. "One of the doctors came out of the tent in a bloodstained apron, holding a cigar between the thumb and little finger of one of his small bloodstained hands, so as not to smear it." How much that tells us!
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