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Author: Leo Tolstoy
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The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories Description
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.733
EAN: 9780451528803
ISBN: 0451528808
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher: Signet Classics
Product Release Date: 2003-04-01
Studio: Signet Classics
Dewey Decimal Number: 891.733
EAN: 9780451528803
ISBN: 0451528808
Label: Signet Classics
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
Number Of Items: 1
Book Pages: 304
Publication Date: 2003-04-01
Publisher: Signet Classics
Product Release Date: 2003-04-01
Studio: Signet Classics
Editorial Review of The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
Murder, greed, lust, vanity, love-four of Tolstoy's most famous and essential stories in one volume.
Customer Reviews of The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Tolstoy Wrote with the Mind of God
Review: My life would be a poor thing had I never read Tolstoy. Why does Russian translate so very very easily to English? This I found in Russian literature.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Terrible translation
Review: I am currently reading "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by another translator and it is a remarkable and moving story. However,
the translation that is offered in this edition was so awkward that I found it unreadable. The purchase of this edition was a waste of money and it's now sitting on my bookshelf unread. I recommend the translation by Constance Garnett. I hope that Pevar and Volokhonsky (transaltors of War and Peace and Anna Karenina) will release translations of Tolstoy's shorter works. Their translations are my favorites.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An Examination of a Soul.
Review: An excellent, soulful book in the vein of The Trial, and Crime and Punishment. Vladimir Nabokov sums my views of this Novella quite well.
In his lectures on Russian Literature Russian born Novelist and critic Vladimir Nabokov argues that, for Tolstoy, a sinful life is (such as Ivan's was), moral death. Therefore death, the return of the soul to God is, for Tolstoy, moral life . To quote Nabokov: "The Tolstoyan formula is: Ivan lived a bad life and since the bad life is nothing but the death of the soul, then Ivan lived a living death; and since beyond death is God's living light, then Ivan died into a new life- Life with a capital L."(Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich: Lectures On Russain Literature pg.237: Harcourt Edition)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Powerful and deep
Review: Tolstoy had a great understanding of the human condition, as it's shown in this complex and thought-provoking novella about the mortality of man. It's the kind of book that, thanks to it's many layers, has to be read over and over. It's amazing how Tolstoy was able to build such an powerful story in only 100 pages, I've seen books with more than 400 pages that didn't have half of the depth he managed to put into this one.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Uncomfortably Amazed.
Review: There is a point near the very end of this story that made me stop in my tracks. I almost couldn't continue, just from wanting to re-read it over and over. It was a sublime moment and I wanted to really savor it.
Prior to reading this very accessible short story by Tolstoy, my (mistaken) perception of Ivan Ilych was that he was somehow a "bad" character...I was prepared to NOT be sympathetic to him.
Turns out Ivan Ilych is, as someone else pointed out - your basic "everyman".
Moreover, every character appearing in this story has a "familiar" feeling to him/her, which transcends cultures and time periods. This is a testament to Tolstoy's amazing ability to turn humanity inside out - and we can't help but recognize aspects of ourselves which are disturbing, banal, inspirational, and sometimes absolutely incredible. Certainly one can't finish the story and sit in judgment of any of the characters.
There's a reason why people refer to Tolstoy as a Master Storyteller.
It's because he is.The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories
Review Summary: Tolstoy Wrote with the Mind of God
Review: My life would be a poor thing had I never read Tolstoy. Why does Russian translate so very very easily to English? This I found in Russian literature.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Terrible translation
Review: I am currently reading "The Death of Ivan Ilych" by another translator and it is a remarkable and moving story. However,
the translation that is offered in this edition was so awkward that I found it unreadable. The purchase of this edition was a waste of money and it's now sitting on my bookshelf unread. I recommend the translation by Constance Garnett. I hope that Pevar and Volokhonsky (transaltors of War and Peace and Anna Karenina) will release translations of Tolstoy's shorter works. Their translations are my favorites.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: An Examination of a Soul.
Review: An excellent, soulful book in the vein of The Trial, and Crime and Punishment. Vladimir Nabokov sums my views of this Novella quite well.
In his lectures on Russian Literature Russian born Novelist and critic Vladimir Nabokov argues that, for Tolstoy, a sinful life is (such as Ivan's was), moral death. Therefore death, the return of the soul to God is, for Tolstoy, moral life . To quote Nabokov: "The Tolstoyan formula is: Ivan lived a bad life and since the bad life is nothing but the death of the soul, then Ivan lived a living death; and since beyond death is God's living light, then Ivan died into a new life- Life with a capital L."(Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich: Lectures On Russain Literature pg.237: Harcourt Edition)
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Powerful and deep
Review: Tolstoy had a great understanding of the human condition, as it's shown in this complex and thought-provoking novella about the mortality of man. It's the kind of book that, thanks to it's many layers, has to be read over and over. It's amazing how Tolstoy was able to build such an powerful story in only 100 pages, I've seen books with more than 400 pages that didn't have half of the depth he managed to put into this one.
Customer Rating:
Review Summary: Uncomfortably Amazed.
Review: There is a point near the very end of this story that made me stop in my tracks. I almost couldn't continue, just from wanting to re-read it over and over. It was a sublime moment and I wanted to really savor it.
Prior to reading this very accessible short story by Tolstoy, my (mistaken) perception of Ivan Ilych was that he was somehow a "bad" character...I was prepared to NOT be sympathetic to him.
Turns out Ivan Ilych is, as someone else pointed out - your basic "everyman".
Moreover, every character appearing in this story has a "familiar" feeling to him/her, which transcends cultures and time periods. This is a testament to Tolstoy's amazing ability to turn humanity inside out - and we can't help but recognize aspects of ourselves which are disturbing, banal, inspirational, and sometimes absolutely incredible. Certainly one can't finish the story and sit in judgment of any of the characters.
There's a reason why people refer to Tolstoy as a Master Storyteller.
It's because he is.The Death of Ivan Ilych And Other Stories