![]() ![]() In his last weeks and days, he resents the injustice of becoming fatally ill, since he had lived just as he was supposed to, following the well-trodden path to success – and he finally realizes that so much that had previously been important to him was a sham. In the second half of this short book, Ivan Ilyich struggles with his illness, slowly gives up hope of recovery, and we experience his frustrations and painful realization that he is truly alone in his suffering as he faces death. After a happy uneventful childhood followed by law school, Ivan Ilyich was contentedly becoming an important figure in his community as an attorney and then judge when he became ill of mysterious causes. Summary in 4 sentences: The book takes place in Russia in the second half of the 19th century. Ivan Ilyich is short – less than 100 pages. ![]() Why this book: Recommended by my son, and then selected as an optional add-on book to Lincoln in the Bardo, my reading group’s selection for our bimonthly reading. ![]()
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