On the Eve: New Translation
«A deep and penetrating diagnosis of the destinies of the Russia of the fifties.»
Edward Garnett
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. Les mer
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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.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Alma Classics
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781847496324
- Utgivelsesår
- 2019
- Format
- 20 x 13 cm
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«A deep and penetrating diagnosis of the destinies of the Russia of the fifties.»
Edward Garnett