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Kholstomer (Strider) — Leo Tolstoy

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Kholstomer (Strider)

Холстомер

Lev Tolstói en Yásnaia Poliana (1908)
byLeo Tolstoy

Story largely narrated by an old piebald horse, Kholstomer, who tells the herd his life: his spotted birth, gelding, masters and old age. Seen through his eyes, human property — saying "my horse", "my land" — appears an absurd convention. Begun in 1863 and finished in 1885, published in 1886. A famous example of "estrangement" according to Viktor Shklovsky.

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  • Толстой, Л. Н. Собрание сочинений в 22 томах. Moscú: Judózhestvennaia literatura, 1978–1985 (índices de los tomos 1–22 en la Biblioteca Virtual Rusa, RVB; el t. 10, de 1982, recoge los relatos de la Nueva Azbuka y de los cuatro Libros rusos de lectura).

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