The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Master and Man
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
15 August 2004
Summary
For fans of the great Russian writers, two brilliant Tolstoy novellas, the equal of Dostoevsky’s Notes from Underground.
This new edition combines Tolstoy’s most famous short tale, The Death of Ivan Ilyich, with a less well known but equally brilliant gem, Master and Man, both newly translated by Ann Pasternak Slater.
Both stories confront death and the process of dying. In Ivan Ilyich, a bureaucrat looks back over his life, which suddenly seems mean…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375760990 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0375760997 |
| Author: | Leo Tolstoy, Ann Pasternak Slater |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Modern Library Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Edition: | New edition |
| Release Date: | 15 August 2004 |
| Weight: | 142g |
| Dimensions: | 201mm x 133mm x 9mm |
| Series: | Modern Library Classics |
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“No one has ever excelled Tolstoy in expressing that specific flavor, the exact quality of a feeling.” Isaiah Berlin From the Hardcover edition.
“No one has ever excelled Tolstoy in expressing that specific flavor, the exact quality of a feeling.” —Isaiah Berlin
About The Author
Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was born in central Russia. After serving in the Crimean War, he retired to his estate and devoted himself to writing, farming, and raising his large family. His novels and outspoken social polemics brought him world fame.
Ann Pasternak Slater is a literary scholar and translator who was formerly a fellow and tutor at St Anne’s College, Oxford. She’s written and lectured on her uncle Boris Pasternak’s translations of Shakespeare plays into Russian.
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