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Originally Posted by LizzySiddal
I nominated it as my desert island book. Why? Because it contains the whole of human existence: love, hate, war, peace. ...
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I've only read it once and totally agree that War and Piece is holds an extraordinary amount of experiences to those who dare to read it.
I believe that If i read it again, I'd find more and more details that failed to grasp on the first reading.
The philosophy behind characters like Natasha, Andrew, Peter, etc is timeless. I've indeed felt that they actually existed, that they actually there.
Even Tolstoy perspective of War, and how its its motivated, are truly unique. I specially remember when he states that Napoleon was just a reflex of the entire army, that he's decisions didn't decide if a battle is lost or won. That decision was inside every soldier that was part of that engine. An although this is logically true, history itself strives to dedicate the genius to the icons instead, making them eternal.
It is an incredible book. A truly masterpiece.