Ivan the Fool and Three Shorter Tales for Living Peaceably - Couverture souple

Tolstoy, Leo

 
9781532654947: Ivan the Fool and Three Shorter Tales for Living Peaceably
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ISBN 10 : 1532654944 ISBN 13 : 9781532654947
Editeur : Wipf and Stock, 2018

Synopsis

The four classic tales in this volume illuminate Leo Tolstoy’s radical orientation toward war and commerce, revealing his vision for a sustainable, peaceable world. The feature story, Ivan the Fool, presents an archetypal fool who works hard, cooperates with everyone, and manages to foil every attempt to cause his downfall. In the end, peasant life comes out on top, while the pillars of imperial Russian society topple down. Esarhaddon, King of Assyria explores a king’s empathy-based revelation to end all violence; and A Grain as Big as a Hen’s Egg playfully looks at the relationship between health, soil, labor, and food economies. Three Questions sums up Tolstoy’s highest ideal of serving others in the present moment. Some may critique these stories as being too simplistic or too moralistic. But these tales have stood the test of time precisely because they entertain well while evoking universal truths that lift us above humanity’s self-serving impulses.

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À propos des auteurs

Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) was one of the foremost Russian authors of the nineteenth century, known well for his novel, War and Peace. His ethical writings and short stories, which dealt with anarchist and pacifist themes, had a strong influence on Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. One collection of his tales can be found in Walk in the Light & Twenty-Three Tales.






Ted Lewis (Editor) is a restorative justice consultant and trainer for the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking (University of Minnesota). He lives in Duluth, Minnesota, where he runs the Agapé Peace Center.

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Éditeur
Wipf and Stock
Date d'édition
2018
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1532654944
ISBN 13 
9781532654947
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
60
Éditeur
Lewis Ted
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9781532654954: Ivan the Fool and Three Shorter Tales for Living Peaceably

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ISBN 10 :  1532654952 ISBN 13 :  9781532654954
Editeur : Wipf & Stock Publishers, 2018
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