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Fathers and Sons

Author
Ivan Turgenev
Language
Russian
Length
208 pages
ISBN
9781787366862
Published
21 June 2023
Imprint
Sovereign
  • generational conflict
  • ideologies
  • societal changes
  • conservatism
  • nihilism
  • materialism
  • family institution
  • tradition
  • progress
  • love

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Description

Ivan Turgenev’s Fathers and Sons explores the clash between generations, tradition and radically change in 19th-century Russia. Arkady Kirsanov returns home with his friend Bazarov, a fiercely independent nihilist who rejects established beliefs and authority. Their ideas challenge Arkady’s families and expose divisions between old and new Russia. As love, loss and disillusionment unfold, Turgenev offers a portrait of youth, identity and conflict.

Author

Ivan Turgenev (1818–1883) grew up on a wealthy Russian estate, studied at the universities of Moscow, St Petersburg, and Berlin, and later settled largely in France. A Sportsman's Sketches revealed the intelligence and dignity of serfs through apparently effortless country scenes; Fathers and Sons caught the rift between liberal parents and their impatient, nihilist heirs.

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