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Fathers and Sons
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This is a novel that should probably be read by everybody (fathers, sons, mothers, daughters) at 18 years and again at 50 years. I'm somewhere in between, but it still enchanted me. 'Fathers and Sons' themes are universal, but also very relevant to Russia in the 1860s (post Emancipation Reform of 1861).
IT is about the struggles between generations. It is is a novel about beauty, love, relationships, power, social etiquitte, etc. The duality of the generations in 'Fathers and Sons' allowed Turgenev to explore the thesis/antithesis of the human condition. Turgenev shows us the gulf separating the polar shores of humanity, but also the expansive beauty of the seas in between.
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- Robert Farwell / Edward Jones library / Mesa, AZ 2014
IT is about the struggles between generations. It is is a novel about beauty, love, relationships, power, social etiquitte, etc. The duality of the generations in 'Fathers and Sons' allowed Turgenev to explore the thesis/antithesis of the human condition. Turgenev shows us the gulf separating the polar shores of humanity, but also the expansive beauty of the seas in between.
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- Robert Farwell / Edward Jones library / Mesa, AZ 2014
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Apr 10, 2014 12:50PM
This was one of my first Russians, if not the first.
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I loved it. It was like fresh butter.
I almost read this at 18, until I remembered that the AP English essay was due in a week and I should probably try reading an easier book instead.
Turgenev is an excellent stepping stone into Russian literature. Having spent most of his career in France he has an obvious sort of Russian-ness to him and is somehow more approachable than say Tolstoy or Dostoevsky.
Beautifully put. Remember loving that book. I'm due for a reread.
