Lives And Deaths Av Leo Tolstoy

<b>Fresh translations of Tolstoy''s four richest shorter works by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk</b><br><br>Tolstoy''s stories contain many of the most acutely observed moments in his monumental body of work. This new selection of his shorter works, sensitively translated by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk, showcases the peerless economy with which Tolstoy could render the passions and conflicts of a life.<br><br>These are works that take us from a self-interested judge''s agonising deathbed to the bristling social world of horses in a stable yard, from the joyful vanity of youth to the painful doubts of sickness and old age. With unwavering precision, Tolstoy''s eye brings clarity and richness to the simplest materials.