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

The title story of this collection is about a man battling a mysterious illnessHis family visit his bedside, their faces masks of concern. His colleagues pay their respects but only think of the advantages created by his death. 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''.

Format Häftad Omfång 528 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag Vintage Publishing Utgivningsdatum 2010-11-04 ISBN 9780099541066