The Death économies Ivan Ilych and other stories (riverrun editions) by Leo Tolstoy NEUF

Product Name: The Death économies Ivan Ilych and other stories (riverrun editions) by Leo Tolstoy NEUF
EAN：9781529410570 UPC：9781529410570 ISBN：9781529410570 MPN：N/A Format：Paperback, 384 pages
How truth thickens and deepens when it migrates from didactic fable to the raw experience of a visceral awakening is one of the thrills of Tolstoys storiesSharon Cameron in her preface to The Death of Ivan Ilych and Other StoriesTolstoy wrote in many genres for different audiences. In this, the first of three volumes of his économies shorter fiction chosen and introduced by the critic Sharon Cameron, we see works originally written for children, like God Sees the Truth But Waits, and A Prisoner in the Caucasus. They stand alongside others which show his range and accomplishment, including an early story based on his experiences in the Crimean war, Sevastopol in May, and the visceral intensity of one of his greatest works, The Death of Ivan Ilych.This riverrun edition reissues the translation of Louise and Aylmer Maude, whose influential versions of Tolstoy first brought his work to a wide readership in English..