Walking Through the Torments

«Walking Through the Torments» — is the famous trilogy by Alexei Nikolaevich Tolstoy, covering the period from 1914 to 1919. The book tells about the life of the Russian intelligentsia against the backdrop of World War I, revolutions, and the Civil War. At the center of the narrative are two sisters, Katya and Dasha Bulaviny, and their lovers, whose fates were scattered by the revolutionary storm on different sides of the barricades. Through their story, the author shows how the old world collapses and a new one is born, how human lives are shattered and characters are tempered. The work exists in two authorial editions: the émigré («white») and the Soviet («red»). This edition publishes the émigré edition.