NaNoWriMo Novel: The Redactor

Thursday 19 February 2015

How much land does a man need?

On the weekend I was reminded of Tolstoy's brilliant answer to that question, which I think I first read in high school.

I can still hear Pahom's heart pounding fit to burst, see his body bent in a headlong rush to the finish—“An hour to suffer, a life-time to live.”