- Hardcover: 244 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New edition edition (7 Oct 1999)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0192100408
- ISBN-13: 978-0192100405
- Product Dimensions: 16.3 x 11.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Regarded as Turgenev's masterpiece, "Fathers and Sons" (1862) represents in its hero, Bazarov, "the new man", a nihilist liberated from age-old conformities and at odds with the previous generation, questioning the very fabric of society. A novel of ideas, it is also a story of human relations.
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'NOTHING to be seen yet, Peter?' was the question asked on 20th May 1859 by a landowner of a little over forty, in a dusty overcoat and checked trousers, as he came out to the low front steps of a post-station on the * * * highway, addressing his servant, a young, round-cheeked fellow with some whitish fluff on his chin and small, lacklustre eyes. Read the first page
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'NOTHING to be seen yet, Peter?' was the question asked on 20th May 1859 by a landowner of a little over forty, in a dusty overcoat and checked trousers, as he came out to the low front steps of a post-station on the * * * highway, addressing his servant, a young, round-cheeked fellow with some whitish fluff on his chin and small, lacklustre eyes. Read the first page
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
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19th Century Russian Classic,
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This review is from: Fathers and Sons (Paperback)
'Fathers and Sons' is arguably Turgenev's greatest work. It is very accessible to the reader, and excellently written. Turgenev is renowned for his masterful ability to construct realistic dialogues and this novel does not disappoint in this respect. But 'Fathers and Sons' is also a novel of ideas and Turgenev analyses some of the ideas and sentiments which were later to have such an important influence on Russian society.
This novel follows Bazarov, a self-proclaimed nihilist, and his friend and pupil Arkady Nikolayevich Kirsanov as they return from their studies in Petersburg to the province in which their fathers reside. The tale is tangled with arguments and discussions about politics and philosophy, and of course it is also complicated by a heavy dose of love. As another reviewer has mentioned, the author's treatment of nihilism as a philosophy is particularly interesting and enlightening. Turgenev is adept, as other reviewers have noted, at accurately describing different emotions and even at evoking those emotions in his readers; something of which precious few writers are capable. The subject of love, both romantic and mat/paternal, is dealt with extremely skilfully by the author and betrays the understanding of someone who has undoubtedly been exposed to those feelings himself. 'Fathers and Sons' then, leaves the reader with the sense that he/she has participated as a quiet observer in Bazarov and Arkady's journeys, and that Turgenev has enabled one to better appreciate love and the relationship between father and son, amongst other things. This is a book that deserves to be read, appreciated, and pondered over long after it has been closed. It's core relevance has not been diminished by the century-and-a-half since it was written.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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A Glorious Read,
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This review is from: Fathers and Sons (Paperback)
Truely well worth reading, your life will be richer from the experiance.As a novel is is an excellent example of 19th century Russian realism. Turganev keeps the character list small, the settings are limited and little action takes place. However it is a descriptive masterpiece, the characters are richly portrayed, and little details add colour and dare i say it - realism. Turganev writes in a way which produces intense sympathy in the reader for his characters; one's heart breaks for the fathers of both proagonists, bewilded by the rebellion their sons' exhibit and desparate not to alienate them. (Perhaps the novel is more relevant to comtemporary society than one might think.) If one looks deeply enough one will find pathos, joy and even humour. Much lighter than many of the so-called classics this would make absorbing plane / train / wet sunday afternoon reading.
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
surprisingly easy-to-read,
By Scott Johansen "goblinbee" (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fathers and Sons (Paperback)
This book was a set text on my comparative fiction course at university - it took barely a day to complete. What gives it a modern feel is its emphasis on dialogue rather than the weighty descriptive pieces which tend to characterise Victorian prose. Any polyglot will tell you that much is subtly lost in all translations. My translation was particularly sloppy at times - but the central themes were nevertheless conveyed to me, teaching me a little about the Nihilist movement abounding circa 1860 although not too much about Russian society. Indeed, the novel has a certain cosmopolitan feel to it. Bazarov's dogged, dry contempt towards Romantic 'rubbish' is striking and often amusing, while Madam Odintsov provides an interesting female counterpart, who may or may not be harbouring 'Romantic' sentiments herself, beneath her Russian ice queen facade. The only moments to leave at least a short-term impression on the reader include the voiced philosophical musings of these two characters, for whom happiness always seems to be 'existent elsewhere'.
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