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On the eve of the Crimean War, the young, headstrong Yelena, the daughter of aristocratic Russian parents, falls in love with a revolutionary from Bulgaria named Insarov. Facing the wrath and disapproval of her family, Yelena abandons her home to follow Insarov to Bulgaria. Their fateful match sets in motion a series of tragic events which challenge notions of love, revolution and idealism.
A highly controversial work upon its original publication, Ivan Turgenev's On the Eve is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Russian literature and an essential document of the upheaval that dominated Russian society in the years prior to the Crimean War. Turgenev's restrained, nuanced prose is rendered beautifully in Michael Pursglove's new translation.
Info autore
Iwan S. Turgenjew, geb. 1818 in Orel, gest. 883 in Bougival bei Paris gestorben, stammt aus altem Adelsgeschlecht. Nach dem Studium der Literatur und der Philosophie in Moskau, St. Petersburg und Berlin war er für zwei Jahre im Staatsdienst tätig. Danach lebte er als freier Schriftsteller und verfasste Erzählungen, Lyrik, Dramen, Komödien und Romane. Turgenjew gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Vertreter des russischen Realismus und zählt zu den großen europäischen Novellendichtern. Seine Novellistik bedeutet einen Höhepunkt der Gattung in der russischen Literatur.
Riassunto
Ivan Turgenev's On the Eve, here presented in a brand new translation, is now recognized as one of the masterpieces of Russian literature and an essential document of the upheaval that dominated Russian society in the years prior to the Crimean War.
Prefazione
Presented here in a brand-new translation by Michael Pursglove, this edition is a great addition to Alma Classics' Turgenev collection. An exquisite novel which offers a deep and penetrating analysis of the Russia of the fifties
Testo aggiuntivo
A deep and penetrating diagnosis of the destinies of the Russia of the
fifties.
Relazione
A deep and penetrating diagnosis of the destinies of the Russia of the
fifties.
Edward Garnett