The Death of Ivan Ilyich

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.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/02/2012
Series: Vintage Classics
Pages: 64
Weight: 0.16lbs
Size: 8.01h x 5.40w x 0.17d
ISBN: 9780307951335