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Kholstomer
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"Kholstomer" (), also translated as "Strider", is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that has been referred to as "one of the most striking stories in Russian literature". It was started in 1863 and left unfinished until 1886, when it was reworked and published as "Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse". The story exploits the technique of defamiliarization by adopting the perspective of a horse to expose some of the irrationalities of human conventions.
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- Author
- Лев Толстой
- First published
- 2005
- Editions
- 1
- Subjects
- Russian & Former Soviet Union, Literary Criticism & Collections / Russian & Former Soviet Union, Non-Classifiable, Literature - Classics / Criticism, Novelty
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- Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930) - Portrait of Leo Tolstoy (1887).jpg
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- publication date
- 1886-00-00
- inception
- 1886-00-00
- title
- Холстомер
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- Все выше и выше поднималось небо, шире расплывалась заря, белее становилось матовое серебро росы, безжизненнее становился серп месяца, звучнее — лес, люди начинали подниматься, и на барском конном дворе чаще и чаще слышалось фырканье, возня по соломе и даже сердитое визгливое ржанье столпившихся и повздоривших за что-то лошадей.
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"Kholstomer" (), also translated as "Strider", is a novella by Leo Tolstoy that has been referred to as "one of the most striking stories in Russian literature". It was started in 1863 and left unfinished until 1886, when it was reworked and published as "Kholstomer: The Story of a Horse". The story exploits the technique of defamiliarization by adopting the perspective of a horse to expose some of the irrationalities of human conventions.
Strider's altruistic life is recounted parallel to that of his selfish and useless owner. At the end of the story Strider dies but his corpse gives birth to a new life - that of wolf cubs: