{"product_id":"boyhood","title":"Boyhood","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHe survived childhood. Now comes the harder part: becoming someone.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this second installment of Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy, young Nikolenka returns—older, more confused, and beginning to suspect that the world is far more complicated than he once believed.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe loss of his mother still echoes. The family estate feels different now. Nikolenka is no longer a child, but not yet a man—and every day brings fresh humiliations, sudden cruelties, and bewildering glimpses of grown-up passions. A tutor's unfair punishment. A first, fumbling awareness of social class. The strange, painful realization that other people have inner lives as rich and secret as his own. Tolstoy renders these moments with the same breathtaking precision that marked \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eChildhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, but here the light is harsher, the shadows longer. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoyhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is not nostalgia—it is the slow, awkward dismantling of a child's certainties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is Tolstoy at his most psychologically acute: a novel about the mortifying, glorious, and utterly necessary business of growing up. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBoyhood\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e stands as a bridge between the innocence of youth and the disillusionments that wait just ahead.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe essential middle chapter of Tolstoy's autobiographical trilogy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA masterful exploration of shame, social awakening, and the loss of childhood's protective shell\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndispensable for readers tracing the development of Tolstoy's literary voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears—or the perfect gift for anyone who remembers how it felt to be caught between two worlds.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (1828–1910) is one of the greatest novelists in world literature, author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnna Karenina\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. 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