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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories par Leo Tolstoy

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy

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Résumé

This intensely moving story of Ivan Ilyich's lonely end is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction.

The ten other stories in this collection include 'The Kreutzer Sonata', 'The Devil', and 'Hadji Murat' which has been described by Harold Bloom as 'the best story in the world'.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Résumé

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy

'As good as anything Tolstoy ever wrote... Self-assured, vital, unforgettable' Guardian

The title story of this collection is about a man battling a mysterious illness. His family visit his bedside, their faces masks of concern. His colleagues pay their respects but only think of the advantages created by his death. This intensely moving story of Ivan Ilyich's lonely end is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction.

The ten other stories in this collection include 'The Kreutzer Sonata', 'The Devil', and 'Hadji Murat' which has been described by Harold Bloom as 'the best story in the world'.

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Avis

As good as anything Tolstoy ever wrote... Self-assured, vital, unforgettable * Guardian *
The simplicity and power of this novella, the story of the terrible encroachment of death on a shallow man spiritually unprepared for it, has staggered millions * Sunday Telegraph *
I don't read Russian, but I think Tolstoy's writing comes over whatever translation you read...he wrote the great, terrible story The Death of Ivan Illyich -- Redmond O'Hanlon * Independent *
An indubitable masterpiece -- Yann Martel
For me, the best insight into the process of dying comes from Leo Tolstoy in his short story, The Death of Ivan Ilych, which examines the life and death of the most ordinary man -- Oliver James * Mail on Sunday *

À propos de Leo Tolstoy

Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood. He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 20 November 1910.

Informations supplémentaires

GOR005608701
9780099541066
0099541068
The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Occasion - Très bon état
Broché
Vintage Publishing
20101104
528
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