Status Updates From A morte de Ivan Ilitch

funny now i hated the prose and couldn’t enjoy the book and be HIT by it, but… the point, even though it affected me only in the head and not in the body, is quite depressing. and… and and and.

Who knew John Fetterman was actually quoting Tolstoy when he said “A funeral? Three hours? This may be a non-starter”

Chapter 2 in this chapter talks about the marriage and the first 15 years of his married life and how it went.this life should be at the beginning a fairytale but the end just a balanced between family and would that would make him happy in is limits. With three sons dead and only 2 alive, his spouse always get on his back, he pursued work as an obligation and motivation to keep going.