A Calendar of Wisdom: Wise Thoughts for Every Day - Tapa blanda

This was Tolstoy's last major work. It is a collection of daily readings of wisdom taken from great philosophers and mystics throughout history, as well as some of Tolstoy's own personal thoughts.

Peter Sekirin has been teaching Russian for the past three years at the University of Toronto. Born in Kiev and educated in Moscow, he emigrated to Canada in the early 1990's. His first book, THE DOSTOEVSKY ARCHIVE was published in 1997 and he was the translator of THE CALENDAR OF WISDOM and DIVINE AND HUMAN AND OTHER STORIES. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a Russian writer and mystic. He wrote a number of novels, most famously WAR AND PEACE and ANNA KARENINA, and also a number of spiritual works such as A CONFESSION and WHAT I BELIEVE.