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The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy (CD-Audio, 2009)

Hailed as one of the world's supreme masterpieces on the subject of death and dying, Leo Tolstoy's 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 anunces 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 vella 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 t 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. Also included in this volume are The Forged Coupon,After the Dance,My Dream,There Are No Guilty People, and The Young Tsar.

Place of Publication
Old Saybrook, Ct
Running Time
480
Narrator(s)
George K. Wilson
Author Biography
Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was a nineteenth-century Russian author whose best-known works include War and Peace and Anna Karenina. George K. Wilson has narrated over one hundred fiction and nonfiction audiobook titles, from Thomas L. Friedman to Thomas Pynchon, and has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards.
Out-Of-Print Date
17/04/2017
Date of Publication
26/01/2009
Subject
General & Literary Fiction
Edition Statement
Unabridged
Imprint
Tantor Media, Inc
Country of Publication
United States

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