The Death of Ivan Ilyich -- Leo Tolstoy

<p>Tolstoy's most famous novella is an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption, here in a powerful translation by the award-winning Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. <p/>Ivan Ilyich is a middle-aged man who has spent his life focused on his career as a bureaucrat and emotionally detached from his wife and children. After an accident he finds himself on the brink of an untimely death, which he sees as a terrible injustice. Face to face with his mortality, Ivan begins to question everything he has believed about the meaning of life. <i>The Death of Ivan Ilyich </i>is a masterpiece of psychological realism and philosophical profundity that has inspired generations of readers.</p><br><br><b>Author:</b> Leo Tolstoy<br><b>Publisher:</b> Vintage<br><b>Published:</b> 10/02/2012<br><b>Pages:</b> 64<br><b>Binding Type:</b> Paperback<br><b>Weight:</b> 0.16lbs<br><b>Size:</b> 8.01h x 5.40w x 0.17d<br><b>ISBN:</b> 9780307951335<br><p><b>About the Author</b><br><p><b>Count Leo Tolstoy</b> (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. <p/><b>Richard Pevear</b> has published translations of Alain, Yves Bonnefoy, Alberto Savinio, Pavel Florensky, and Henri Volohonsky, as well as two books of poetry. He has received fellowships or grants for translation from the Nat