Fathers And Sons; Liza
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
This volume brings together two of Ivan Turgenev's most celebrated works of Russian fiction — Fathers and Sons and Liza — in a single, elegant collection. Fathers and Sons, widely regarded as Turgenev's masterpiece, chronicles the clash between generations in 19th-century Russia, pitting the radical nihilism of the young Bazarov against the entrenched values of the aristocratic old guard. Liza, also known as A Nest of Nobles, presents a quietly devastating love story set against the backdrop of provincial Russian society, illustrating the tension between personal desire and moral duty with characteristic restraint and psychological depth. Together, these two novels affirm Turgenev's reputation as one of the great prose stylists of the realist tradition, whose precise and empathetic portraiture of Russian life influenced writers from Flaubert to Henry James.
Author: Ivan S. Turgenev
Format: Hardback
Published: 1970, Heron Books, London
Genre: Classic fiction
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription.
This volume brings together two of Ivan Turgenev's most celebrated works of Russian fiction — Fathers and Sons and Liza — in a single, elegant collection. Fathers and Sons, widely regarded as Turgenev's masterpiece, chronicles the clash between generations in 19th-century Russia, pitting the radical nihilism of the young Bazarov against the entrenched values of the aristocratic old guard. Liza, also known as A Nest of Nobles, presents a quietly devastating love story set against the backdrop of provincial Russian society, illustrating the tension between personal desire and moral duty with characteristic restraint and psychological depth. Together, these two novels affirm Turgenev's reputation as one of the great prose stylists of the realist tradition, whose precise and empathetic portraiture of Russian life influenced writers from Flaubert to Henry James.