Fathers and Sons Author:Ivan Turgenev Front cover:The novel of rebellion that foreshadowed the great upheaval in Russia, a vividly minute picture of conflict between the old and the new, generation and generation in time of change. With an introduction by Alexandra Tolstoy. A new modern translation by Barbara Makanowitzky. — Back cover: The publication of FATHERS AND SONS brought for... more »th storms that were unprecedented even in a country used to taking its literature seriously. On the surface, an unsensational story of two young college men on vacation, FATHERS AND SONS, nevertheless, penetrates to the very roots of the basic conflict in nineteenth-century Russian society--the conflict between modern and traditional values, and between revolutionary spirit and absolute monarchy. With great simplicity and economy Turgenev not only dramatized the important issues of his time, but also heralded one of the most tumultuous periods in his country's history.« less