Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev

Book Review by Parvesh Ansari “Let’s come to the greatest Nihilist in literature, Bazarov. Fathers and Sons has a wide range of eccentric characters but Bazarov takes center stage, main…

B o o k s p e r i e n c e . . .

So I have absolutely no hesitation in highly recommending both the #DeadTreeBook and #audiobook versions of

Ivan Turgenev's 'A Sportsman's Notebook,' also more popularly known as 'Sketches from a Hunter's Album.'

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I found a used copy of the theatrical Vintage edition with Kiera Knightly on the cover of “Anna Karenina” by Leo Tolstoy yesterday. It looks to be in unread condition. I have not read this #RussianClassics and I’m looking forward to diving in. Have you read it? What did you think? #amreading #classics

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A Sportsman’s Notebook: Stories by Ivan Turgenev.

I’m guessing this is an older translation by Constance Garnett, as no translator is mentioned. I’m reading this for @poongabook’s theme of #translations for this month.

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https://russian-world-citizens.blogspot.com/2023/01/the-new-yorker-rereading-russian.html Russian World Citizens Project: #TheNewYorker: Rereading #RussianClassics in the Shadow of the #UkraineWar by #ElifBatuman " Vronsky on his way to join a Pan-Slavic volunteer detachment fighting the Ottomans in Serbia. With Anna dead, and the love plot over, his only desire is to end his own life, and to kill as many Turks as possible in the process. “#Russia is always waging a war where a man can flee in search of death.” #Tolstoy #essay #AnnaKarenina #imperialism
The New Yorker: Rereading Russian Classics in the Shadow of the Ukraine War by Elif Batuman

  https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/30/rereading-russian-classics-in-the-shadow-of-the-ukraine-war Rereading Russian Classics in th...