War and Peace

Society inspires literature, and literature inspires society. The union of my English and sociology majors constantly reminds me of this beautiful dynamic.

Utterly immersive and captivating, Shotgun Players’ rendition of “Natasha, Pierre, & the Great Comet of 1812” bursts at the seams with a celebration of life and an examination of the internal and external conflicts of Russia’s chaotic court.

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One thing was evident from the evening’s discussion. Regimes can be abandoned, nationalities jettisoned, but stories are impossible to leave behind.

There is nothing like Tolstoy on the screen, not even Tolstoy on the page; Bondarchuk’s “War and Peace” is a window.

All you can really do is sit in the darkness of her room, comb through her hair with your hands and hope that the Frida Kahlo cross on her wall that’s dangling from a thumbtack doesn’t come crashing down.