Leo Tolstoy

Broschiertes Buch

The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories

Beschreibung

This intensely moving story of Ivan Ilyich's lonely end is one of the masterpieces of Tolstoy's late fiction. The ten other stories in this collection include 'The Kreutzer Sonata', 'The Devil', and 'Hadji Murat' which has been described by Harold Bloom as 'the best story in the world'.

Autor

Leo Tolstoy was born in central Russia on 9 September 1828. In 1852 he published his first work, the autobiographical Childhood. He served in the army during the Crimean War and his Sevastopol Sketches (1855-6) are based on his experiences. His two most popular masterpieces are War and Peace (1864-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-8). He died in 1910.

Produktdetails

• Vintage Classics
• Verlag: Random House UK / Vintage, London
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 629934
• Seitenzahl: 528
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 214mm x 136mm x 43mm
• Gewicht: 556g
• ISBN-13: 9780099541066
• ISBN-10: 0099541068
• Artikelnr.: 30834784

Rezensionen

As good as anything Tolstoy ever wrote... Self-assured, vital, unforgettable Guardian