
As a kid, I was too lazy to finish Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I had read a few Russian writers — Tolstoy, Chekhov, and the usual heavyweights — and at some point I decided to retreat with dignity. Enough Russian suffering for one childhood.

As a kid, I was too lazy to finish Tolstoy’s War and Peace. I had read a few Russian writers — Tolstoy, Chekhov, and the usual heavyweights — and at some point I decided to retreat with dignity. Enough Russian suffering for one childhood.
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