Fathers and Sons

Turgenev’s timeless tale of generational collision, in a sparkling new translation

When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, na?e son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable Arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young Bazarov shocks Arkady’s father with his criticisms of the landowning way of life and his determination to overthrow the traditional values of contemporary society. Vividly capturing the hopes and fears, regrets and delusions of a changing Russia around the middle of the nineteenth century, Fathers and Sons is Ivan Turgenev’s masterpiece.

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Author: Ivan Turgenev
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 11/24/2009
Series: Penguin Classics
Pages: 336
Weight: 0.43lbs
Size: 7.44h x 5.52w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780141441337
Language: English