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I see the reviews of this one cross a broad spectrum with readers both loving it and hating it. I am among the former. I listened to this one in one sitting. I found it to be deeply resonant but still humorous. I love the book Anna Karenina and am a big fan of most russian literature, so perhaps Tolstoy's writing style speaks to me in a way that doesn't work for many other readers. Actually, I may read this one again to try to glean more from it.
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An examination of death and the human failing in which we cling to a belief that death will avoid us if we live the "right" kind of life.
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During an interval in the Melvinski trial in the large building of the Law Courts the members and public prosecutor met in Ivan Egorovich Shebek’s private room, where the conversation turned on the celebrated Krasovski case. ...more
Opening lines:
During an interval in the Melvinski trial in the large building of the Law Courts the members and public prosecutor met in Ivan Egorovich Shebek’s private room, where the conversation turned on the celebrated Krasovski case. ...more
The choice for the book under 100 page category. I have been wanting to read this novella for some time as it is often mentioned in medical humanity class syllabi as an example of how to care and listen to dying patients (as well as what not to do). I last read about it in Being Mortal by Atul Gawande.
Nothing like Russian literature to get you thinking about pain, death, the significance of life, and sometimes even redemption.
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