The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Bantam Classics)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Bantam Classics)

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, The Death of Ivan Ilyich is the story of a worldly careerist, a high court judge who has never given the inevitability of his death so much as a passing thought. But one day death announces itself to him, and to his shocked surprise he is brought face to face with his own mortality. How, Tolstoy asks, does an unreflective man confront his one and only moment of truth?

This short novel was the artistic culmination of a profound spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life, a nine-year period following the publication of Anna Karenina during which he wrote not a word of fiction. A thoroughly absorbing and, at times, terrifying glimpse into the abyss of death, it is also a strong testament to the possibility of finding spiritual salvation.
Country USA
Brand Bantam Classics
Manufacturer Bantam Classics
Binding Mass Market Paperback
ItemPartNumber part_0553210351
Model part_0553210351
Color Black
ReleaseDate 1981-03-01
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780553210354

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