Fathers and Children - Softcover

Turgenev, Ivan

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ISBN 10: 1536807842 ISBN 13: 9781536807844

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

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Arguably the finest novel by Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Children tells a compelling story of generational conflict.

Published in the 1860s, this novel alludes to the changing social climate of 19th century Russia - old-style liberals, widely represented in the elder generation would clash with the bold nihilists, many of whom were young. Characters from the former group are represented with marked humbleness and nostalgia, while those of the latter group are inclined to pointed declarations espousing the avant-garde philosophy of the time.

Old institutions such as the Russian Orthodox church are openly challenged by characters in the text, while the young nihilists Bazarov and Arkady grapple with their affections for Madame Odintsova, an elegant, cultured and financially independent woman.

Notable for placing the term 'nihilism' into wide use, this was one of the first novels from Russia to have emerged and gained widespread approval among Western literary critics and readers. Fathers and Children remains a historically poignant and significant work to this day.

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The character of Barzarov, the radical intellectual, moves like a storm cloud through this sensuous, beautifully paced account of provincial Russia in the period just before the Great Emancipation of the serfs in 1861. Turgenev's greatest literary creation is as compelling and as enigmatic as the country whose passions he so vividly represents.

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