Its English is more contemporary, its translations are much more accurate.

HIGHEST PRAISE: 'This new translation surpasses the previous ones. A Chronology & Selected Bibliography are included. Sixteen critical essays are organized around several themes: the issue of translation politics, including Turgenev's liberalism, view of revolution, & attitude toward nihilism & various literary aspects, including Turgenev's use of imagery, the role of women, the conflict of generations, & the impact of science. Four of the most significant critiques of the day further enhance the reader's understanding of this public controversy. The novel is accompanied by a rich selection of Turgenev's letters, illustrating his involvement in the critical storm that surrounded 'Fathers and Son' upon its publication. This new version of 'Fathers and Sons' has been warmly welcomed by students & scholars alike. It captures a world on the brink of change, subtle psychological confrontations among powerful fictional characters & the gracefulness of the author's poetic imagination. KATZ presents Turgenev's greatest & ultimately most important novel in his acclaimed translation. Strakhov, a close friend of Tolstoy & Dostoevsky, praised its 'profound vitality.' It is this profound vitality in Turgenev's characters that carry his novel of ideas to its rightful place as a work of art & as one of the classics of Russian Literature. Was he criticizing the world view of the conservative aesthete, Pavel Kirsanov, & the older generation, or that of the radical, cerebral medical student, Evgenii Bazarov, representing the younger one? The critic Dmitrii Pisarev wrote at the time that the novel 'stirs the mind because everything is permeated w/ the most complete & most touching sincerity.' N.N. When the book was first published in Russia in 1862, it was met w/ a blaze of controversy about where Turgenev stood in relation to his account of generational misunderstanding. * 5.06' x 8.36' x 0.86', 0.36 kg, viii+344 (352) pp * ABOUT THE BOOK: 'Father and Sons' depicts generational conflict in a portrayal of a young man's attempts to convert his father to his own radical political ideas. 2012 ): NEAR-FINE gloss-laminated handsomely-designed color cover w/ FINE edges BUT slightest wear to corners, EXCELLENT unblemished smooth-cut text-block exterior, AS-NEW perfect binding w/ uncreased spine, PRISTINE interior printed w/ SPLENDID Clarity on EXCELLENT unblemished archival paper w/ SUPERB presentation of footnotes & other scholarly apparatus.

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