War and Peace is long, old and Russian. Hm. War and Peace is accessible, relevant and human. Better. Your life can be more meaningful if you give Tolstoy a chance. Tell me more. The University of Virginia’s Andrew Kaufman has a clear ambition in Give War and Peace a Chance: Tolstoyan Wisdom for Troubled Times. After writing for literary journals and publishing the academic Understanding Tolstoy (2011), he’d like to share his love with regular folk. The result is an enthusiastic primer to Tolstoy’s most famous work, which shows how genuinely exciting it can be to read.