{"product_id":"the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-and-other-stories-paperback-1","title":"The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLeo Tolstoy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eNicolas Pasternak Slater\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eAndrew Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"No one pitied him as he would have liked to be pitied.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Ivan Ilyich lies dying he begins to re-evaluate his life, searching for meaning that will make sense of his sufferings. In \"The Death of Ivan Ilyich\" and the other works in this volume, Tolstoy conjures characters who, tested to the limit, reveal glorious and unexpected reserves of courage or baseness of a near inhuman kind. Two vivid parables and \"The Forged Coupon\", a tale of criminality, explore class relations after the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 and the connection between an ethical life and worldly issues. In \"Master and Workman\" Tolstoy creates one of his most gripping dramas about human relationships put to the test in an extreme situation. \"The Death of Ivan Ilyich\" is an existential masterpiece, a biting satire that recounts with extraordinary power the final illness and death of a bourgeois lawyer. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn his Introduction Andrew Kahn explores Tolstoy's moral concerns and the stylistic features of these late stories, sensitively translated by Nicolas Pasternak Slater. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT THE SERIES: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor over 100 years \u003cem\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/em\u003e has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNicolas Pasternak Slater\u003c\/strong\u003e has translated several works by Boris Pasternak, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe Family Correspondence, 1921-1960\u003c\/em\u003e (Hoover Press, 2010). For \u003cem\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/em\u003e he has translated Lermontov's \u003cem\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Kahn\u003c\/strong\u003e has written widely on Russian literature. His books include \u003cem\u003eThe Cambridge Companion to Pushkin\u003c\/em\u003e (2006) and \u003cem\u003ePushkin's Lyric Intelligence\u003c\/em\u003e (OUP, 2008, pbk 2012). For \u003cem\u003eOxford World's Classics\u003c\/em\u003e he has edited Pushkin's \u003cem\u003eThe Queen of Spades and Other Stories\u003c\/em\u003e, Montesquieu's \u003cem\u003ePersian Letters\u003c\/em\u003e. and Lermontov's \u003cem\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.6 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47376723050674,"sku":"9780199669882","price":12.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/e26dd5be092217ab363c6d06557deed1.webp?v=1777709167","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-and-other-stories-paperback-1","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}