The Death of Ivan Ilych (The Art of the Novella)

The Death of Ivan Ilych (The Art of the Novella)
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Written eight years after the publication of Anna Kareninaâ€”a time during which, despite the global success of his novels, Leo Tolstoy renounced fiction in favor of religious and philosophical tractsâ€”The Death of Ivan Ilych represents perhaps the most keenly realized melding of Tolstoyâ€™s spirituality with his artistic skills.

Here in a vibrant new translation, the tale of a judge who slowly comes to understand that his illness is fatal was inspired by Tolstoyâ€™s observation at his local train station of hundreds of shackled prisoners being sent off to Siberia, many for petty crimes. When he learned that the sentencing judge had died, Tolstoy was roused to consider the judgeâ€™s thoughts during his final daysâ€”a study on the acceptance of mortality only deepened by the death, during its writing, of one of Tolstoyâ€™s own young children.

The final result is a magisterial story, both chilling and beguiling in the fullness of its empathy, its quotidian detail, and the beauty of its prose, and is, as many have claimed it to be, one of the most moving novellas ever written.

The Art of The Novella Series

Too short to be a novel, too long to be a short story, the novella is generally unrecognized by academics and publishers. Nonetheless, it is a form beloved and practiced by literature's greatest writers. In the Art Of The Novella series, Melville House celebrates this renegade art form and its practitioners with titles that are, in many instances, presented in book form for the first time.
Country USA
Brand Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer Melville House
Binding Paperback
Color Blue
ReleaseDate 2008-04-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781933633541

Country	USA
Brand	Melville House Publishing
Manufacturer	Melville House
Binding	Paperback
Color	Blue
ReleaseDate	2008-04-01
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781933633541

The Death of Ivan Ilych (The Art of the Novella)

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