Master and Man and Other Stories

von Leo Tolstoy

336 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades - experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, 'What Men Live By' portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life, and 'Two Old Men' shows a peasant abandoning his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in order to help his neighbours. And in the highly moving 'Master and Man', Tolstoy depicts a mercenary merchant travelling with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal - little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker.

• Themen: Belletristik Besonderheiten Kurzgeschichten
• ISBN: 9780140449624
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 27.12.2005
• Größe: 197 x 164 mm
• Verlag: Penguin Publishing Group
• Übersetzung: Ronald Wilks
• Herausgegeben von: Paul Foote
• Herausgegeben von: Paul Foote, Ronald Wilks