{"product_id":"the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-and-confession","title":"The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Confession","description":"\u003cp\u003eA pairing of Tolstoys most spiritual and existential works of fiction and nonfiction from the renowned translator of Turgenev and Chekhov. 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  Tolstoys profound meditation on death and loss  but he pressed on regardless  apparently refusing to be distracted by the parallel of literature and life. In Carsons 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 Tolstoys rough edges  Carson presents a translation that captures the verisimilitude and psychological realism of the original Russian text.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44945026875445,"sku":"ByrdShop_0871404265","price":316.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780871404268.jpg?v=1769867397","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-death-of-ivan-ilyich-and-confession","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}