The Death of Ivan Ilyich
  • Published: 15 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307951335
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $24.99
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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A stand-alone edition of Tolstoy's most famous novella, in the award-winning Pevear and Volokhonsky translation.

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.

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. The Death of Ivan Ilyich is a masterpiece of psychological realism and philosophical profundity that has inspired generations of readers.
  • Published: 15 October 2012
  • ISBN: 9780307951335
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 64
  • RRP: $24.99
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Praise for The Death of Ivan Ilyich

  • REVIEWS OF THE DEATH OF IVAN ILYICH AND OTHER STORIES:
  • "The most notable volume of recently published short fiction on my shelf . . . in characteristically animated and readable translations by the dynamic duo of Russian translation." --B&N Review
  • "An excellent job. . . . The duo has managed to convey the rather simple elegance of his prose." --The New Criterion

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