Hadji Murat
By: translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky; with an introduction by Richard Pevear.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2012
Language: eng
Translated from: rus
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9780307951342
Description: Tolstoys final worka gripping novella about the struggle between the Muslim Chechens and their inept occupiersis a powerful moral fable for our time.

Inspired by a historical figure Tolstoy heard about while serving in the Caucasus, this story brings to life the famed warrior Hadji Murat, a Chechen rebel who has fought fiercely and courageously against the Russian empire. After a feud with his commander he defects to the Russians, only to find that he is now trusted by neither side. He is first welcomed but then imprisoned by the Russians under suspicion of being a spy, and when he hears news of his wife and son held captive by the Chechens, Murat risks all to try to save his family. In the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky translation, Hadji Murat is a thrilling and provocative portrait of a tragic figure that has lost none of its relevance.