The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780871402998)

In the last two days of his own life, Peter Carson completed these new translations of The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession before he succumbed to cancer in January 2013. Carson, the eminent British publisher, editor, and translator who, in the words of his author Mary Beard, "had probably more influence on the literary landscape of [England] over the past fifty years than any other single person," must have seen the irony of translating Ilyich, Tolstoy's profound meditation on death and loss, "but he pressed on regardless, apparently refusing to be distracted by the parallel of literature and life." In Carson's shimmering prose, these two transcendent works are presented in their most faithful rendering in English. Unlike so many previous translations that have tried to smooth out Tolstoy's rough edges, Carson presents a translation that captures the verisimilitude and psychological realism of the original Russian text.

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ISBN-10: 0871402998
ISBN-13: 9780871402998
Publisher: Liveright Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 11/17/2014
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.41lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.49w x 0.54d