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It's a book by Ivan Turgenev, who is a contemporary of Dostoevsky and Tolstoy. It's a story about the generational conflict between traditionalists and intellectualists. The central character is Bazarov, a Nihilist, ready to destroy all made-up authorities. Turgenev masterfully narrates each character with an objective eye, as they grow in their own and we see their perspective change over time. Writing is simple yet wonderful.

Definitely a pick!

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Wow. Bazarov is such a villain. But he still deserves our sympathy. Classic. Period.

I definitely liked this but reading it after Anna Karenina may have been a mistake. But don't you wish books were still 45 cents? You can't really tell from the picture but that's the price printed on the cover.

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This book took me a long time to finish, the entire pandemic thus far... it was slow but I did enjoy it. It picks up midway.

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I didn't like this book and I didn't dislike it. I'm not particularly happy that I picked it up, and I don't regret that I did. I didn't want to abandon it, but there were days when I simply forgot about it. I understand that the subject matter is important (the new generation looking down on the previous one, changes in Russia in the 1850-60s, nihilism and fate) but I can't say I really cared for any of the characters.

For a Russian classic, this was very readable. Ended up quite enjoying it, even though it dragged in some places. Who knew a book about nihilism could actually be interesting 😆 The characters were really well drawn, the book is definitely more a character study than a plot driven book. 4 ⭐️

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I can't decide what to read next.

This was not my favorite Russian classic, but it had some moments that made it worth reading.

Almost a DNF for me, but gladly I gave it just a bit longer & the book picked up some steam in the plot department, instead of just the philosophy of nihilism during the period of peasant emancipation in Russia. The deeper story of young people full of themselves and their relationships to their parents as they go through knowing it all and knowing it better to settling down and becoming part of the larger community is classic.
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My F book in this challenge and an interesting story about two men Bazarov and Arkandy finishing university and visiting their families - at a turning point in Russian history their youth challenges the traditional belief in serfdom highlighting the eternal struggle btwn fathers and sons. This edition has an intro which gives a fascinating insight into the author and his place in Russian fiction of the 19th century - on to G.

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Here is my next challenge book - letter F- ready to go.
There are so many complex familial relationships but this one perhaps is the biggest 'male' issue. I wonder which of mother/son or father/son takes up more print.
Anyway I'm looking forward to starting it soon.

So much for the book buying ban. 🤷🏻‍♀️ We went antiquing/thrifting today and found all these goodies! The children‘s book is for my granddaughter and the cupcake book for my daughter. And the four in the right are mostly for my husband. #sorrynotsorry #foliofreaks #eastonpress

So, I told my father over phone chat today that I wanted books for Christmas. Surprise, surprise. 😂😂👏🏻👏🏻🍻 #LitsyHumor

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Two sons are making their own choices and no longer seem to care about the values their fathers raised them with.
The main character is Bazarov, a nihilist without any ideas or plans or whatsoever, quite destructive. I felt very sorry for his father - and his mother.
An impressive story, yet I wonder if I have understood what Turgenev meant with it and or/in what way Bazarov symbolizes the first Bolsheviks.
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A Russian classic that I hope to read someday. #Fathers #JuneBookBug

Happy Father's Day -- in this case savoring my memories of my own father, Aram Bohjalian: 1928 - 2011.

"The appearence of vulgarity is often useful in life; loosens the loops too tight, temperates pride and presumption, remembering how similar they are".

I picked this up while looking through the shortest books of the Barnes and Noble Classics collection and really enjoyed it! A beautiful story about the relationships between generations which was surprisingly moving for a 150 year old novel.

Seriously, Bazarov is such an ass! And Arkady too for following him around like a little mope. 🙄

So many beautiful lines, such fully developed and tragic characters, great conflict. I liked so much about this book and enjoyed as I was reading, but I didn't get fully emotionally involved with them. I adored Arcady's family and didn't understand what Arcady saw in Bazarov--in fact, I despised him. Although I felt sorry for his sweet proud parents. I'm glad Arcady started coming around at the end.

As we all know, time sometimes flies like a bird, and sometimes crawls like a worm, but people may be unusually happy when they do not even notice whether time has passed quickly or slowly.

I‘m lying here in a haystack... The tiny space I occupy is so infinitesimal in comparison with the rest of space, which I don‘t occupy and which has no relation to me. And the period of time in which I‘m fated to live is so insignificant beside the eternity in which I haven‘t existed and won‘t exist...