Translated By George Calderon
Tolstoy’ son, Ilya Lvovich Tolstoy (1866–1933), was also a writer. In 1916, Ilya left Russia, and travelled to the United States, where he made a living lecturing on art and on his father’s works. He took part in movie versions of the novels Anna Karenina and Resurrection, which were unsuccessful. Ilya Tolstoy is best known for this book of memoirs about his father. He also wrote the short novel The Corpse in 1890, which was published posthumously.