
Lazarus
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A man brought back from the grave walks among the living again, but he is no longer at ease among them. Those who knew him before find his presence unsettling, and his own sense of the world has shifted in ways he struggles to explain. Andreyev's short story turns a familiar miracle into a sombre study of what it means to have crossed the boundary between life and death. Through the man's uneasy encounters with family and neighbours, the tale raises questions about faith, fear and the value of living, and leaves the reader with a lingering unease.
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