false 48492614 1301503 18391 0679642935 9780679642930 5 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166912485m/18391.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1166912485s/18391.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18391.The_Death_of_Ivan_Ilyich_and_Master_and_Man 3.77 26 The Death of Ivan Ilyich, with a less well known but equally brilliant gem, Master and Man, both newly translated by Ann Pasternak Slater. Both stories confront death and the process of dying: In Ivan Ilyich, a bureaucrat looks back over his life, which suddenly seems meaningless and wasteful, while in Master and Man, a landowner and servant must each confront the value of the other as they brave a devastating snowstorm. The quintessential Tolstoyan themes of mortality, spiritual redemption, and life’s meaning are nowhere more movingly and deftly explored than in these two tales.

This unique edition also includes a critical Introduction and extensive notes by Ann Pasternak Slater, a Fellow at St. Anne’s College, Oxford.]]> 85 4.01 57077 6748 1981 4 0 false Fri Mar 06 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 04:55:47 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 07 05:00:00 -0800 2009
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