The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Hesperus Classics) - Softcover

Tolstoy, Leo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1843911272 ISBN 13: 9781843911272

Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd, 2005

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Book by Tolstoy Leo

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One of Tolstoy’s most exquisitely constructed novellas is presented here with The Devil, a further work exploring the powerful and destructive nature of obsession.On learning of Ivan Ilyich’s sudden demise, his former colleagues begin vying for promotion; it seems in neither life nor death has Ivan Ilyich made any lasting impression. And, as the author takes us back to Ilyich’s early days, we are shown a life of futility, emptiness, and spiritual barrenness. Yet, in the end, Tolstoy reveals Ivan Ilyich’s final resolute gesture to come to terms with his mortality and to embrace his impending death. Leo Tolstoy wrote two of Russia’s greatest novels, Anna Karenina and War and Peace, as well as many short stories and essays.

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On learning of Ivan Ilyich's sudden demise and death, his former colleagues begin vying for promotion; it seems in neither life nor death has Ivan Ilyich made any lasting impression. And, as Tolstoy takes us back to Ivan Ilyich's early days, it is a life of futility, of emptiness and primarily of spiritual barrenness that is revealed. Yet Tolstoy also reveals how, in the face of serious illness, Ivan Ilyich had made a final resolute gesture to come to terms with his mortality and to embrace his impending death.

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• Verlag: Hesperus Press Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1843911272
• ISBN 13: 9781843911272
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144