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A complicated philosophical novel on relations between two different generations:fathers and their children. The generation gap between the fathers and sons symbolized the current political debates between the older reactionaries and the younger radicals. The character of Bazarov, a young radical who declares himself a “nihilist,” somebody who accepts nothingness, particularly inflamed both sides. Although Turgenev claimed at one point that he meant the book to be a favorable depiction of the yo
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I had been very nervous about getting into this book because I have often found the Russian authors so complicated in their writing. I enjoyed this novel very much! Turgenev's development of Bazarov as a character was amazing. The novel was interesting to me because it deals historically with a transition time in Russia from a more authoritarian society to one where people question the past and what is really truth. Sets up the situation of why people of Russia would later embrace communism.
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Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you will about the tenets of national socialism, at least it's an ethos.
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Aug 21, 2009
Dana Miranda
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