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 Tolstoy does not merely tell great stories. He challenges people to confront timeless human questions: What does it mean to live a good, successful life? What will make me truly happy? Is suffering good for me? What is my responsibility to my fellow man? Is spiritual wealth more valuable than material wealth? By drawing on these examples from ?lThe Death of Ivan Ilyich,?L as well as Tolstoy?Js other well-known works, Dr. Andrew Kaufman - scholar, author, actor and Russian literature expert for Oprah?Js Book Club - will help you appreciate why Tolstoy?Js fiction is still relevant. He will describe how Tolstoy's writing can inspire, challenge and change you, and he will tell you why Tolstoy's works are still the best self-help books on the market today. Russian literature and language expert, author, and actor Dr. Andrew D. Kaufman has been bringing alive the Russian classics to Americans for 15 years. He holds a Ph.D. in Slavic Languages and Literatures from Stanford University, and he is both a published scholar and an innovative, award-winning teacher of Russian language, literature, and culture at some of America's top universities. Co-author of the renowned Russian for Dummies, Professor Kaufman has discussed Russian literature and culture on the national television show "Democracy Now!," and he has been heard as a featured guest on Pacifica Radio, Talk America Radio, and on Silver Rain Radio in Russia. In 2005 Dr. Kaufman was a featured Russian literature expert for Oprah's Book Club, where he became known to a national audience as a passionate, down-to-earth, and inspirational teacher of the Russian writer, Leo Tolstoy.
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