At the moment I’m reading “La guerra y la paz”. The author is León Tolstói, a classical writer of Russia and world.

This book is a novel, which is about the war between France (empire in that epoch) and Russian. This classical book addresses the battles between Napoléon and Alejandro I, both emperors of the respective countries.

How everyone knows, Tolstoi is a classical realistic writer, in where the detailed description and objective is very important in the construction of the books. But this author (in this book) adds features naturalist (in the explication of the historical development, in where the incidents are dependent of the destination) and romantic (in the description if the religion, nationalism and relationships).

Three things I admire in this book. First: Is a colossal historical description, in where circulate many characters and locations. Is a good approximation to the ambition of Napoleon for conquers the world, and the moral and physical resistance of the people of Russia. A second thing is that Tolstói recreate in magnificent form the russian aristocratic world, painting the relationships and the principal features of this class (similar to the french realists). The last thing is the tone, textures and style of Tolstói. He was a magnificent writer, very conscious of his age and the people that would live in his period. Is an extensive book (1100 pages approximately) but is very recommendable.