Publisher's Synopsis
"Boyhood" is the second in Tolstoy's trilogy of three autobiographical novels, including "Childhood" and "Youth", published in a literary journal during the 1850s. It is a vibrant account of a young person's emerging awareness of the world, himself, and the people around him, as described through the eyes of Nikolenka. Themes of shyness, self-image and self-improvement permeate the book, yet we are also exposed to a young Tolstoy's wider descriptions of nature, art and the workings of the world
