| The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Master and Man Contributor(s): Tolstoy, Leo (Author), Slater, Ann Pasternak (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0375760997 ISBN-13: 9780375760990 Publisher: Modern Library
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback Published: August 2004 Annotation: 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 meaningless and wasteful, while in Master and Man, a landowner and servant must each confront the value of the other as they brave a devastating snowstorm. The quintessential Tolstoyan themes of mortality, spiritual redemption, and life's meaning are nowhere more movingly and deftly explored than in these two tales. This unique edition also includes a critical Introduction and extensive notes by Ann Pasternak Slater, a Fellow at St. Anne's College, Oxford. "From the Hardcover edition. |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002029544 |
| Series: Modern Library Classics |
| Physical Information: 0.39" H x 5.2" W x 8.02" L (0.28 lbs) 160 pages |
| Themes: - Theometrics - Secular |
| Features: Bibliography, Price on Product |
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| Publisher Description: 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 meaningless and wasteful, while in Master and Man, a landowner and servant must each confront the value of the other as they brave a devastating snowstorm. The quintessential Tolstoyan themes of mortality, spiritual redemption, and life's meaning are nowhere more movingly and deftly explored than in these two tales. This unique edition also includes a critical Introduction and extensive notes by Ann Pasternak Slater, a Fellow at St. Anne's College, Oxford. |
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