magnalia 's review for:

The Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy

5.0

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Reading this book is almost like dying yourself - so simple yet powerful Tolstoy describes the illness of Ivan. I think it comes in all books of Tolstoy - that there is no lie in death, you stay painfully honest to yourself - and here Tolstoy, almost like a doctor, provides a detail “diagnosis” on how emotional pain can be more destroying than physical.
Refreshing, scary, painfully beautiful read.