Fathers And Sons
Author: Turgenev, Ivan
ISBN: 9780141441337
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Peter Carson's new translation of Turgenev's vivid and honest tale of generational conflict
When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticizing the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away traditional values of contemporary Russian society. Turgenev's depiction of the conflict between generations and their ideals stunned readers when Fathers and Sons was first published in 1862. But many could also sympathize with Arkady's fascination with its nihilist hero whose story vividly captures the hopes and regrets of a changing Russia.
ISBN: 9780141441337
Publisher: Penguin
Year First Published: 2009
Pages: 240
Dimensions: 196mm x 128mm x 15mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description
Peter Carson's new translation of Turgenev's vivid and honest tale of generational conflict
When Arkady Petrovich comes home from college, his father finds his eager, naive son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady's father by criticizing the landowning way of life and by his outspoken determination to sweep away traditional values of contemporary Russian society. Turgenev's depiction of the conflict between generations and their ideals stunned readers when Fathers and Sons was first published in 1862. But many could also sympathize with Arkady's fascination with its nihilist hero whose story vividly captures the hopes and regrets of a changing Russia.
