6,236 views
“[...] the part of the time that I am given to live is so insignificant in relation to eternity where I will never even exist [...]” Russian society was already experiencing radical changes. Serfdom was abolished and the ideas that disturbed Western Europe clashed with Slavic values. The new generations no longer saw themselves in the ideals of their elders. Parents and children are citizens of completely different worlds. It is in this context that Ivan Turgenev develops the narrative of “Fathers and Sons”, this month’s classic from the Classical Literature Club. Young Arkádi returns to his homeland. Having recently graduated, he returns accompanied by the young doctor Bazarov, a friend he made in the metropolis. Bazarov is the synthesis of nihilism, a philosophical current that the author of this month's box helped to popularize. Arkádi's father, Nikolai, is at first happy with his son's return. Little by little, his frustration grows at the division that the young people's nihilism creates between him and his son. In addition to the Dostoevsky-Tolstoy double, Club subscribers will receive another great Russian to enrich their collection. In a new and unpublished translation in Brazil by Nina and Filipe Guerra, “Fathers and Sons” is the perfect classic both for those who are already passionate about Russian literature and for those who have not yet ventured into this rich literary universe.