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Spring Torrents (Penguin Classics)
Spring Torrents - Penguin Classics
Author: Ivan Turgenev
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ISBN-13: 9780140443691
ISBN-10: 014044369X
Publication Date: 4/24/1980
Pages: 240
Rating:
  • Currently 2.5/5 Stars.
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2.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Book Type: Paperback
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23dollars avatar reviewed Spring Torrents (Penguin Classics) on + 432 more book reviews
I read this for this month's "Spring" theme in my online book club, The Reading Cove. While I felt it was a very slow build (even though it's a short 176 pages of story), the last 50 pages made it worthwhile for me. The plot picked up and things FINALLY started happening! :-)

Dimitry Sanin's whimsical naïvety caused him to make choices that dramatically altered the trajectory of his life. T + 30 years and the wounds and regrets resurface for healing.

This is a translation, and I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style. Like many classics, ten words are used when five would do. But overall, SPRING TORRENTS was a good look at human lamentations, capriciousness, fragilities...and the suchness of life.
23dollars avatar reviewed Spring Torrents (Penguin Classics) on + 432 more book reviews
I read this book for this month's "Spring" theme in my online book club, The Reading Cove. While I felt it was a very slow build (even though it's a short 176 pages of story), the last 50 pages made it worthwhile for me. The plot picked up and things FINALLY started happening! :-)

Dimitry Sanin's whimsical naïvety caused him to make choices that dramatically altered the trajectory of his life. T + 30 years and the wounds and regrets resurface for healing.

This is a translation, and I wasn't a huge fan of the writing style. Like many classics, ten words are used when five would do. But overall, SPRING TORRENTS was a good look at human lamentations, capriciousness, fragilities...and the suchness of life.