Spring Torrents
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of Russian literature, Spring Torrents chronicles the passionate and tumultuous love story of a young Russian nobleman, Sanin, who becomes hopelessly entangled between two very different women while travelling through Germany in the 1840s. Ivan Turgenev crafts this novella with his signature elegiac tone, presenting the bittersweet ache of youth, desire, and irrevocable choices with extraordinary psychological precision. The narrative uncovers the fragility of idealism when confronted by worldly temptation, illustrating how a single moment of weakness can alter the entire course of a life. Rendered into English by Leonard Schapiro, whose accompanying notes and critical essay enrich the reading experience, this Penguin edition offers both an accessible and scholarly encounter with one of Turgenev's most intimate and affecting works.
Author: Ivan Turgenev
Format: Paperback
Published: 1981, Penguin Books
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
A masterwork of Russian literature, Spring Torrents chronicles the passionate and tumultuous love story of a young Russian nobleman, Sanin, who becomes hopelessly entangled between two very different women while travelling through Germany in the 1840s. Ivan Turgenev crafts this novella with his signature elegiac tone, presenting the bittersweet ache of youth, desire, and irrevocable choices with extraordinary psychological precision. The narrative uncovers the fragility of idealism when confronted by worldly temptation, illustrating how a single moment of weakness can alter the entire course of a life. Rendered into English by Leonard Schapiro, whose accompanying notes and critical essay enrich the reading experience, this Penguin edition offers both an accessible and scholarly encounter with one of Turgenev's most intimate and affecting works.