{"product_id":"9781782275411-lives-and-deaths","title":"Lives and Deaths","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEssential Stories\u003cbr\u003eFresh translations of Tolstoy's richest shorter works by the award-winning Boris Dralyuk.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'When we read Tolstoy, it feels easy. This is life itself' Howard Jacobson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'No other writer wrote so often, or so imaginatively, about the actual moment of dying' Orlando Figes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTolstoy'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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56516316561782,"sku":"9781782275411","price":10.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_36416749.jpg?v=1761259628","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781782275411-lives-and-deaths","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}