Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev, Michael R. Katz (Editor, Translator); 1862/1996. Softcover. (Norton Critical Editions) (CO)

Michael R. Katz’s acclaimed translation of Turgenev’s novel is the basis for this Norton Critical Edition.

Fathers and Sons is a novel by a classic of the Russian literature, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev.

The novel was significant for its time, and a figure of the main character, Yevgeny Bazarov became a role model for the youth. Such ideals as failing to compromise, not bowing to authorities and old truths, priority of something useful over beautiful, even nowadays are taken by readers enthusiastically and with a great interest.