Wise Thoughts for Every Day: On God, Love, the Human Spirit, and Living a Good Life
Leo Tolstoy(1828-1910), a giant of world literature, is the author of many classics, includingWar and PeaceandAnna Karenina.Peter Sekirinwas born in Russia and holds a Ph.D. in Russian Literature from the University of Toronto. He has been working at the Center for Russian Studies at the University of Toronto since 1999. His works includeThe Dostoevsky Archive, a biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky; the English-language translations of Tolstory'sThe Calendar of Wisdom; andOn the Sea and Other Stories: Early Short Stories of Anton Chekhov. He works as a research associate at the University of Toronto and lives in North York, Ontario.