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袙械褕薪懈械 胁芯写褘
袙 褋斜芯褉薪懈泻 胁芯褕谢懈 芦褌邪懈薪褋褌胁械薪薪褘械禄 锌芯胁械褋褌懈 懈 褉邪褋褋泻邪蟹褘 袠.小. 孝褍褉谐械薪械胁邪 1860-1870 谐谐.: 芦袧械褋褔邪褋褌薪邪褟禄, 芦小褌械锌薪芯泄 泻芯褉芯谢褜 袥懈褉禄, 芦小褌褍泻... 褋褌褍泻... 褋褌褍泻!禄, 芦袙械褕薪懈械 胁芯写褘禄 懈 写褉. 袩芯 斜芯谢褜褕械泄 褔邪褋褌懈 懈褏 芯褋薪芯胁褍 褋芯褋褌邪胁懈谢懈 褋褌褉邪薪薪褘械 锌褉芯懈褋褕械褋褌胁懈褟 懈 褋薪芯胁懈写械薪懈褟, 薪械芯斜褗褟褋薪懈屑褘械 锌芯褋褌褍锌泻懈, 芯褖褍褖械薪懈褟, 薪邪褋褌褉芯械薪懈褟 鈥� 褋谢芯胁芯屑, 胁 薪懈褏 褉懈褋芯胁邪谢芯褋褜 褋芯锌褉懈泻芯褋薪芯胁械薪懈械 褋 屑懈褉芯屑 薪械胁械写芯屑褘屑 懈 懈褉褉邪褑懈芯薪邪谢褜薪褘屑, 褋褌芯谢泻薪芯胁械薪懈械 褋 褉械邪谢褜薪芯褋褌褜褞 泻邪泻芯谐芯-褌芯 懈薪芯谐芯 锌芯褉褟写泻邪, 褔械屑 褉械邪谢褜薪芯褋褌褜 胁懈写懈屑邪褟 懈 芯褋褟蟹邪械屑邪褟. 袪褍褋褋泻懈械 泻褉懈褌懈泻懈 胁褋褌褉械褌懈谢懈 褝褌懈 锌褉芯懈蟹胁械写械薪懈褟 写芯胁芯谢褜薪芯 胁褉邪卸写械斜薪芯, 薪械 薪邪泄写褟 胁 薪懈褏 谐谢褍斜芯泻芯谐芯 褋芯写械褉卸邪薪懈褟, 芯写薪邪泻芯 薪邪 褉褍斜械卸械 啸啸 胁械泻邪, 胁 褝锌芯褏褍 屑芯写械褉薪懈蟹屑邪, 懈屑械薪薪芯 锌芯蟹写薪懈械 薪芯胁械谢谢褘 孝褍褉谐械薪械胁邪 斜褘谢懈 芯斜褗褟胁谢械薪褘 械谐芯 芯褋薪芯胁薪褘屑 胁泻谢邪写芯屑 胁 褉褍褋褋泻褍褞 谢懈褌械褉邪褌褍褉褍, 褋胁芯斜芯写薪褘屑 芯褌 锌芯谢懈褌懈褔械褋泻懈褏 褋褌褉邪褋褌械泄 褝锌芯褏懈, 锌芯褌芯屑褍 褔褌芯 卸懈蟹薪褜 胁 薪懈褏 胁蟹褟褌邪 胁 械械 泻芯褉械薪薪褘褏, 芦胁械褔薪褘褏禄 芯褔械褉褌邪薪懈褟褏.
448 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1872
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Ivan Turgenev
1,672听books2,594听followersIvan Sergeyevich Turgenev (Cyrillic: 袠胁邪薪 小械褉谐械械胁懈褔 孝褍褉谐械薪械胁) was a novelist, poet, and dramatist, and now ranks as one of the towering figures of Russian literature. His major works include the short-story collection A Sportsman鈥檚 Sketches (1852) and the novels Rudin (1856), Home of the Gentry (1859), On the Eve (1860), and Fathers and Sons (1862).
These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.
These works offer realistic, affectionate portrayals of the Russian peasantry and penetrating studies of the Russian intelligentsia who were attempting to move the country into a new age. His masterpiece, Fathers and Sons, is considered one of the greatest novels of the nineteenth century.
Turgenev was a contemporary with Fyodor Dostoevsky and Leo Tolstoy. While these wrote about church and religion, Turgenev was more concerned with the movement toward social reform in Russia.
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袙械褕薪懈械 胁芯写褘 = Spring Torrents = Torrents of Spring, Ivan Turgenev
Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents, is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when he was in his fifties. The story centers around a young Russian landowner named Dimitry Sanin who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German in the city of Frankfurt. It is widely held as one Turgenev's greatest novels as well as being highly autobiographical in nature.
Ivan Turgenev In the Spring Torrents sharply distinguishes between the two concepts of love and lust. Love in this novel is the ideal, which is established between Gemma and Sanin. Their relationship is based on a mutual asexual interest in chastity and sacrifice.However, the novelists believe that these young lovers have a limited, crude point of view. Their love is based on dreaming. and ...
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 21/03/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 27/12/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
Torrents of Spring, also known as Spring Torrents, is a novel written by Ivan Turgenev during 1870 and 1871 when he was in his fifties. The story centers around a young Russian landowner named Dimitry Sanin who falls deliriously in love for the first time while visiting the German in the city of Frankfurt. It is widely held as one Turgenev's greatest novels as well as being highly autobiographical in nature.
Ivan Turgenev In the Spring Torrents sharply distinguishes between the two concepts of love and lust. Love in this novel is the ideal, which is established between Gemma and Sanin. Their relationship is based on a mutual asexual interest in chastity and sacrifice.However, the novelists believe that these young lovers have a limited, crude point of view. Their love is based on dreaming. and ...
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鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 21/03/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 27/12/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
July 12, 2018
Another entertaining book by Mr Turgenev.
The author seems more optimistic than his peers:
even though in Torrents: love and betrayal compete
disastrously, he still manages at the end to resolve
his hero and his heroine with some happiness.
An artful story teller. Very recommendable.
The author seems more optimistic than his peers:
even though in Torrents: love and betrayal compete
disastrously, he still manages at the end to resolve
his hero and his heroine with some happiness.
An artful story teller. Very recommendable.
June 2, 2019
隆Ese final! Ese final consigue que esta novela no sea simplemente una lectura deliciosamente agradable y muy bien escrita.
Los rusos, amigo, no hay ni uno optimista. Como a mi me gusta 馃挃
Los rusos, amigo, no hay ni uno optimista. Como a mi me gusta 馃挃
April 2, 2018
This book was surprisingly good! I must thank my 欧宝娱乐 friend Kelly for finding this author! I will definitely be reading more by him! 馃槉
July 3, 2018
If I understood well, Turgenev planned for Spring Torrents to be a short story, but at some point he changed his mind and turned it into a novel. I can't complain, because I think this books makes for a fine novel, even if a bit unorthodox one. One could argue that it is unbalanced. One could even make good points for it. The arrival of femme fatale on the scene feels a bit too sudden ' deux in machina', especially since it happens so late in story and there is no preparation for it.
But what a femme fatale Maria Nikolaevna is! Her arrival not only completely turns the story around, it also happens very suddenly. Structurally, this could be the novel's flaw...and yet I'm not sure it wasn't indeed intended to come off as a shock. The way I see it, this is where the novel turns from romantic realism (and regular realism) towards naturalism. I'll explain what I mean a bit later on. In some ways similar to First Love and Asya, this is a novel that tells the story of a young man falling in love for the first time. You know, I was convinced that I already wrote a review for this one (perhaps because I referenced it in my review of First Love), but looks like I forgot to review this one. Better late than never, right?
Like many of Turgenev's works, Torrents of Spring is a framed narrative, told by an older character who remembers and retells his youthful experiences. The novel has an introductory part, in which our protagonist finds a cross that reminds him of the love of his life, transporting him into the past where our story starts, the story of Dmitri Pavlovich Sanin, a young Russian man travelling Europe. Almost by accident, Sanin saves a life of an Italian boy who happens to be the brother of a beautiful Gemma. Accepting the invitation of this Italian family who made Germany their home, Sanin misses his train and find himself delaying the continuation of his trip. Sanin is fascinated by this family and more importantly bewitched by the young and innocent Gemma. Unfortunately, Gemma is engaged to a rather boring German guy whom Gemma's mothers sees as a great marriage prospect. This is a novel with a number of twists and turns, a bit more eventful than other similar works of Turgenev in the sense there are (as I see it) two plots. First we follow the turbulent falling in love of young and deeply (almost annoyingly) moral Russian man into a beautiful and pure but engaged young Italian lady. Will they manage to fight for their love? Will they admit their feelings to others and themselves? Will Sanin manage to convince his sweetheart's mother that he is a potentially good son in law?
This part of the novel reminded me not only of Asya & First Love but also of The Hero of Our Time, and other similar Russian classics. You know, the duels, the courting, the dramatic inner life of characters falling in love. The style of writing seems typical for both typical Russian realism and its forerunner Romantic Realism, meaning we get a good insight into psychological development of characters. Moreover, we get objective reflections on the human nature, the differences between different levels of society, study of cultural difference and so on.
Once Maria Nikolaevna enters the story, the tone of the novel changes immensely. Instantly, it becomes quite dark and sinister. It is a journey into naturalism. Our Maria Nikolaevna has a quick wit, but that's about it. One could hardly call her an intellectual. She is a creature of passion and instinct, a true naturalistic heroine. At one point, the writer compares Marias's eyes (in triumph) with the stupid glance of bird of pray upon catching its victim. The animal metaphor is no accident. Sanin feels attracted to Maria despite the fact that he doesn't like her, that she bores him.
Why does Sanin feel so attracted to her? They are about the same age, but Maria is infinitely more experienced. Is it just Sanin's bad luck that he is handsome enough to catch the interest of the ruthless femme fatale? Perhaps there are a number of factors that cause Sanin to be attracted to Maria. Not everyone might notice it, but in the heat of his love and his marriage proposal to Gemma, Sanin agrees to sell not only his land, but his serfs as well. To sell people! It seems insane now, but it was the practice of the times. Turgenev had very strong views against it, and he made it a part of this story, even in a small way.
While I was reading this one, I caught myself asking so many questions? Was Sanin second guessing his choice of selling his land and serfs? Was he wondering whether cultural difference will be too much? Was he attracted to Maria because she was ethnically Russian like himself, a link to his home in a foreign and suddenly confusing land? Was it because he was so inexperienced or was it just human weakness? Was Turgenev trying to point out how true love always scares us and how it is easy to give into bodily temptation? It was painful to watch Maria cast her net around Sanin. Still, it was a very interesting part of the novel, perhaps because of all the tension.
I absolutely loved the portrayal of Maria. Despite the fact she seems (and sort of is) quite evil, a calculating seductress, she feels very real at the same time. It is not always easy to write the villains, quite often they turn into caricature. Maria is nothing of the sort, despite the fact she appears abruptly and doesn't stay for long, she is such a colourful and well rounded character. It is easy to see why her appeal, as Maria seems so full of life. To conclude, this an unusual novel, that at times feels like two novels joined into one, but it is no less successful for it. In my view, Spring Torrents is an absolute masterpiece.
But what a femme fatale Maria Nikolaevna is! Her arrival not only completely turns the story around, it also happens very suddenly. Structurally, this could be the novel's flaw...and yet I'm not sure it wasn't indeed intended to come off as a shock. The way I see it, this is where the novel turns from romantic realism (and regular realism) towards naturalism. I'll explain what I mean a bit later on. In some ways similar to First Love and Asya, this is a novel that tells the story of a young man falling in love for the first time. You know, I was convinced that I already wrote a review for this one (perhaps because I referenced it in my review of First Love), but looks like I forgot to review this one. Better late than never, right?
Like many of Turgenev's works, Torrents of Spring is a framed narrative, told by an older character who remembers and retells his youthful experiences. The novel has an introductory part, in which our protagonist finds a cross that reminds him of the love of his life, transporting him into the past where our story starts, the story of Dmitri Pavlovich Sanin, a young Russian man travelling Europe. Almost by accident, Sanin saves a life of an Italian boy who happens to be the brother of a beautiful Gemma. Accepting the invitation of this Italian family who made Germany their home, Sanin misses his train and find himself delaying the continuation of his trip. Sanin is fascinated by this family and more importantly bewitched by the young and innocent Gemma. Unfortunately, Gemma is engaged to a rather boring German guy whom Gemma's mothers sees as a great marriage prospect. This is a novel with a number of twists and turns, a bit more eventful than other similar works of Turgenev in the sense there are (as I see it) two plots. First we follow the turbulent falling in love of young and deeply (almost annoyingly) moral Russian man into a beautiful and pure but engaged young Italian lady. Will they manage to fight for their love? Will they admit their feelings to others and themselves? Will Sanin manage to convince his sweetheart's mother that he is a potentially good son in law?
This part of the novel reminded me not only of Asya & First Love but also of The Hero of Our Time, and other similar Russian classics. You know, the duels, the courting, the dramatic inner life of characters falling in love. The style of writing seems typical for both typical Russian realism and its forerunner Romantic Realism, meaning we get a good insight into psychological development of characters. Moreover, we get objective reflections on the human nature, the differences between different levels of society, study of cultural difference and so on.
Once Maria Nikolaevna enters the story, the tone of the novel changes immensely. Instantly, it becomes quite dark and sinister. It is a journey into naturalism. Our Maria Nikolaevna has a quick wit, but that's about it. One could hardly call her an intellectual. She is a creature of passion and instinct, a true naturalistic heroine. At one point, the writer compares Marias's eyes (in triumph) with the stupid glance of bird of pray upon catching its victim. The animal metaphor is no accident. Sanin feels attracted to Maria despite the fact that he doesn't like her, that she bores him.
Why does Sanin feel so attracted to her? They are about the same age, but Maria is infinitely more experienced. Is it just Sanin's bad luck that he is handsome enough to catch the interest of the ruthless femme fatale? Perhaps there are a number of factors that cause Sanin to be attracted to Maria. Not everyone might notice it, but in the heat of his love and his marriage proposal to Gemma, Sanin agrees to sell not only his land, but his serfs as well. To sell people! It seems insane now, but it was the practice of the times. Turgenev had very strong views against it, and he made it a part of this story, even in a small way.
While I was reading this one, I caught myself asking so many questions? Was Sanin second guessing his choice of selling his land and serfs? Was he wondering whether cultural difference will be too much? Was he attracted to Maria because she was ethnically Russian like himself, a link to his home in a foreign and suddenly confusing land? Was it because he was so inexperienced or was it just human weakness? Was Turgenev trying to point out how true love always scares us and how it is easy to give into bodily temptation? It was painful to watch Maria cast her net around Sanin. Still, it was a very interesting part of the novel, perhaps because of all the tension.
I absolutely loved the portrayal of Maria. Despite the fact she seems (and sort of is) quite evil, a calculating seductress, she feels very real at the same time. It is not always easy to write the villains, quite often they turn into caricature. Maria is nothing of the sort, despite the fact she appears abruptly and doesn't stay for long, she is such a colourful and well rounded character. It is easy to see why her appeal, as Maria seems so full of life. To conclude, this an unusual novel, that at times feels like two novels joined into one, but it is no less successful for it. In my view, Spring Torrents is an absolute masterpiece.
December 8, 2021
That's it; Turgenev is officially my favourite Russian! I guess this novelette was written to remind us how love can drive us astray, shift our personality and ultimately alter our life course (be it for better or worse). Powerful prose and colourful images of the romantic era, also a female character (Maria) that you will love to hate. I couldn't help but notice some subtle elements of class collision (the love between the young Russian aristocrat and the beautiful but poor Italian girl) and the not-so-subtle comments on serfdom.
June 11, 2013
I have never read a book so swiftly and with such interest. I could almost laugh at how true this story felt to me; there could not be characters any more real or suited to my taste if I had written a novel myself. The plot is engaging and moves at a rapid pace, there is never a dull moment. The prose is simple and astoundingly authentic, but there is also a great deal of romanticism, which makes for a seamless combination. This is by far my favorite piece of writing and it is a true masterpiece that reads almost as if it were a symphony or an opera itself. While I am sad to have finished it so quickly I now "raise my glass to the beautiful and lofty" and toast to this mesmerizing composition!
March 18, 2021
鈻笍4,5鈻笍 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 胃伪 萎胃蔚位伪 苇谓伪 蟺喂慰 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈 蟿苇位慰蟼 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 纬位蠀魏蠈蟺喂魏蟻慰, 伪位位维 蟿喂 蟺蔚蟻喂渭苇谓蔚喂蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟻蠅蟽喂魏萎 位慰纬慰蟿蔚蠂谓委伪; 馃構
螕蔚谓喂魏维 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪喂 位维蟿蟻蔚蠄伪 蟿畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 Turgenev. Buddy-read 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 桅伪委未蟻伪! 鉂ｏ笍
螕蔚谓喂魏维 蠈渭蠅蟼 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪喂 位维蟿蟻蔚蠄伪 蟿畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 Turgenev. Buddy-read 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪纬伪蟺畏渭苇谓畏 桅伪委未蟻伪! 鉂ｏ笍
January 18, 2021
丕賱丨亘 丕賱丨賯賷賯賷 賱丕 賷購賳爻賶 賷亘賯賶 賲孬賱 丕賱賳賯卮 毓賱賶 丕賱氐丿乇.
賱賰賳 賴賱 賳賳噩丨 賮賷 丨賲丕賷鬲賴 賲賳 爻賷丿丞 賲孬賱 賲丕乇賷丕.
賲賱賰丞 丕賱丕睾賵丕亍.
賱丕賵賱 賲乇丞 鬲購乇卮丨 賱賷 氐丿賷賯鬲賷 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 乇賵丕亘丞 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 賰賱丕爻賰賷丞 .
18/janv/21
賱賰賳 賴賱 賳賳噩丨 賮賷 丨賲丕賷鬲賴 賲賳 爻賷丿丞 賲孬賱 賲丕乇賷丕.
賲賱賰丞 丕賱丕睾賵丕亍.
賱丕賵賱 賲乇丞 鬲購乇卮丨 賱賷 氐丿賷賯鬲賷 賮賷 丕賱毓賲賱 乇賵丕亘丞 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 賰賱丕爻賰賷丞 .
18/janv/21
February 20, 2022
22nd book of 2022
"The entire novel is true. I personally lived and felt it. It is my own history." Ivan Turgenev to a friend.
Spring Torrents first published in 1871 is a semi autobiographical novella written by Ivan Turgenev that recounts an episode in his life when traveling to Germany when we crossed paths with a beautiful woman that forever stamped his heart.
The themes within this novella are some of the favorites of Turgenev. One of the biggest of these being man's inability to fall in love without losing his innocence. Which is played out in Spring Torrents through our protagonist Dimitry Sanin a Russian gentleman traveling back home to Russia after a stay in Italy by way of Frankfurt Germany. Upon entering a patisserie shop, the course of his life changes upon the chance meeting of Gemma Roselli, a beautiful young women who's family runs the small sweets shop.
This is a story of love, loss of innocence, and the blinding forces of first loves won and lost.
I enjoyed this novella, it is quite an easy read, they writing is accessible, the characters are relatable and the story is one that can be consumed in a few hours. Four stars.
"The entire novel is true. I personally lived and felt it. It is my own history." Ivan Turgenev to a friend.
Spring Torrents first published in 1871 is a semi autobiographical novella written by Ivan Turgenev that recounts an episode in his life when traveling to Germany when we crossed paths with a beautiful woman that forever stamped his heart.
The themes within this novella are some of the favorites of Turgenev. One of the biggest of these being man's inability to fall in love without losing his innocence. Which is played out in Spring Torrents through our protagonist Dimitry Sanin a Russian gentleman traveling back home to Russia after a stay in Italy by way of Frankfurt Germany. Upon entering a patisserie shop, the course of his life changes upon the chance meeting of Gemma Roselli, a beautiful young women who's family runs the small sweets shop.
This is a story of love, loss of innocence, and the blinding forces of first loves won and lost.
I enjoyed this novella, it is quite an easy read, they writing is accessible, the characters are relatable and the story is one that can be consumed in a few hours. Four stars.
May 29, 2016
3.5 stars
It鈥檚 a while since I read any Turgenev and this is regarded as one of Turgenev鈥檚 better novels, if not his best known. Like Proust鈥檚 madeleine, here a garnet cross triggers recollection in Sanin. Sanin is 52 and the cross takes him back thirty years, to his youth and first love.
Sanin was travelling and visited Frankfurt; passing a shop he is called in to assist a boy in distress. He successfully provides aid and is very taken with the boy鈥檚 elder sister Gemma. The family take him out as thanks and he meets Gemma鈥檚 very uptight fianc茅 Herr Kluber. Whilst they are out an army officer insults Gemma. Kluber takes the party away, but Sanin stays behind and challenges the officer and they end up fighting a duel. The upshot is Gemma breaks with Kluber and becomes engaged to Sanin. Sanin impulsively decides to sell his estate (peasants and all) to marry Gemma. All this has taken just a few days. Sanin meets an old school friend Polozov who says his wife, who is rich may buy his estate. Sanin travels to Wiesbaden where she is staying to negotiate a sale and finds another beautiful and charming woman, Maria. Unknown to Sanin husband and wife have a wager that she can seduce him.
As you can see the plot is fairly thin and the themes involved are innocence, passion, obsession and the power of memory (not to mention the stupidity of men!). According to Turgenev this is an autobiographical novel, very much true to life. It is certainly well written and easy to read. It is true that Turgenev had a lifelong affair/obsession with the opera singer Pauline Viardot; he travelled Europe to be near her and never married. It was certainly a brave novel to write; Sanin is not a sympathetic character, but a stupid, self-centred and careless young man with little thought for the feelings of others. There is a remarkable passage towards the end of the novel when Maria Polozov asks Sanin what he is going to do:
鈥�'I am going where you will be, and will be with you till you drive me away,' he answered with despair and pressed close to him the hands of his sovereign. She freed her hands, laid them on his head, and clutched at his hair with her fingers. She slowly turned over and twisted the unresisting hair, drew herself up, her lips curled with triumph, while her eyes, wide and clear, almost white, expressed nothing but the ruthlessness and glutted joy of conquest. The hawk, as it clutches a captured bird, has eyes like that.鈥�
Tell me this is not the virgin/whore dichotomy all over again. We have nineteen year old Gemma who is innocent and vulnerable and we have Maria who is a cold-hearted seductress; oh dear it appears we do!
There are some very good minor characters, especially Pantaleone and Emilio and the whole is well constructed. It was written when Turgenev was in his 50s and shows a certain cynicism about first love and illustrates the stupidity of youth. The female characters though well drawn are somewhat predictable and one-dimensional, although they have a little more nuance than some of Dickens鈥檚 heroines. It鈥檚 an easy introduction to Turgenev because of its brevity and ease of reading.
It鈥檚 a while since I read any Turgenev and this is regarded as one of Turgenev鈥檚 better novels, if not his best known. Like Proust鈥檚 madeleine, here a garnet cross triggers recollection in Sanin. Sanin is 52 and the cross takes him back thirty years, to his youth and first love.
Sanin was travelling and visited Frankfurt; passing a shop he is called in to assist a boy in distress. He successfully provides aid and is very taken with the boy鈥檚 elder sister Gemma. The family take him out as thanks and he meets Gemma鈥檚 very uptight fianc茅 Herr Kluber. Whilst they are out an army officer insults Gemma. Kluber takes the party away, but Sanin stays behind and challenges the officer and they end up fighting a duel. The upshot is Gemma breaks with Kluber and becomes engaged to Sanin. Sanin impulsively decides to sell his estate (peasants and all) to marry Gemma. All this has taken just a few days. Sanin meets an old school friend Polozov who says his wife, who is rich may buy his estate. Sanin travels to Wiesbaden where she is staying to negotiate a sale and finds another beautiful and charming woman, Maria. Unknown to Sanin husband and wife have a wager that she can seduce him.
As you can see the plot is fairly thin and the themes involved are innocence, passion, obsession and the power of memory (not to mention the stupidity of men!). According to Turgenev this is an autobiographical novel, very much true to life. It is certainly well written and easy to read. It is true that Turgenev had a lifelong affair/obsession with the opera singer Pauline Viardot; he travelled Europe to be near her and never married. It was certainly a brave novel to write; Sanin is not a sympathetic character, but a stupid, self-centred and careless young man with little thought for the feelings of others. There is a remarkable passage towards the end of the novel when Maria Polozov asks Sanin what he is going to do:
鈥�'I am going where you will be, and will be with you till you drive me away,' he answered with despair and pressed close to him the hands of his sovereign. She freed her hands, laid them on his head, and clutched at his hair with her fingers. She slowly turned over and twisted the unresisting hair, drew herself up, her lips curled with triumph, while her eyes, wide and clear, almost white, expressed nothing but the ruthlessness and glutted joy of conquest. The hawk, as it clutches a captured bird, has eyes like that.鈥�
Tell me this is not the virgin/whore dichotomy all over again. We have nineteen year old Gemma who is innocent and vulnerable and we have Maria who is a cold-hearted seductress; oh dear it appears we do!
There are some very good minor characters, especially Pantaleone and Emilio and the whole is well constructed. It was written when Turgenev was in his 50s and shows a certain cynicism about first love and illustrates the stupidity of youth. The female characters though well drawn are somewhat predictable and one-dimensional, although they have a little more nuance than some of Dickens鈥檚 heroines. It鈥檚 an easy introduction to Turgenev because of its brevity and ease of reading.
March 17, 2021
螠畏谓 蟿伪 蠁慰尾维蟽蟿蔚 蟿伪 魏位伪蟽蟽喂魏维. 螖慰魏喂渭维蟽蟿蔚 蟿伪 蟺喂慰 渭喂魏蟻维 纬喂伪 伪蟻蠂萎. 螖蠋蟽蟿蔚 渭喂伪 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟽伪谓 蟿伪 "螒谓慰喂尉喂维蟿喂魏伪 螡蔚蟻维" 魏伪喂 胃伪 未蔚委蟿蔚 蟿畏 未喂伪蠂蟻慰谓喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿维 蟿慰蠀蟼. 韦畏谓 渭蔚纬伪位慰蠁蠀螑伪 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螚 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 渭慰蠀 蟽萎渭蔚蟻伪 苇蠂蔚喂 慰蟻喂蟽渭苇谓伪 蟺慰位蠉 渭喂魏蟻维 spoilers. 螖蔚谓 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋 蟺蠅蟼 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉谓 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻苇蠄慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蠂伪蟻维 渭喂伪蟼 渭蔚位位慰谓蟿喂魏萎蟼 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼, 慰蠉蟿蔚 蟿喂蟼 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓.
螆谓伪 蔚蟻蠅蟿喂魏蠈, 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蔚尉蠀渭谓蔚委 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪胃蠋蟼 蟿畏 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪尉委未喂.
螖蔚谓 谓慰渭委味蠅 蟺蠅蟼 苇蠂蠅 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟽魏喂伪纬蟻维蠁畏蟽畏 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 苇魏伪谓蔚 蔚未蠋 慰 韦慰蠀蟻纬魏苇谓喂蔚蠁. 螘委谓伪喂 位委纬慰喂 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀纬魏蟻委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟺慰喂畏蟿喂魏萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀. 韦伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪, 蟿畏谓 伪渭蔚蟽蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿蟻喂蟿慰蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪, 渭伪 伪谓蟿喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 慰 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺位苇慰谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 尾维胃慰蟼, 蟺慰蠀 魏喂谓蔚委蟿伪喂 渭蠈谓慰蟼 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 伪谓 蟿慰谓 蔚位苇纬尉蔚喂.
螣 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰蟼, 伪未蠉谓伪渭慰蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂. 螣喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿慰委 蔚委谓伪喂 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈 蟺蠅蟼 渭伪纬谓畏蟿委味慰蠀谓 苇谓蟿慰谓伪 未蠀谓伪渭喂魏苇蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼. 螘魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 位苇蔚喂 伪蟻蠂喂魏维 蟿慰 1872. 螝喂 蠈渭蠅蟼, 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼, 蔚蟺畏蟻蔚伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 委蟽蠅蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蠀蟿伪蟻蠂喂魏萎 渭畏蟿苇蟻伪 蟿慰蠀, 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 渭喂伪 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 伪渭伪味蠈谓伪, 渭喂伪 魏蠀蟻喂伪蟻蠂喂魏萎 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪, 渭喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰未慰蠀位蠋谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 蠂蔚喂蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰 尾伪胃渭蠈 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚蠂谓维 蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪纬维蟺畏 蟺慰蠀 苇谓喂蠅蟽蔚. 螕喂伪蟿委 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁苇蟻蔚喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉谓 蟿伪 谓喂维蟿伪 喂蟽蠂蠀蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻慰.
螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟺慰位位维 纬喂伪 蟿伪 螒谓慰喂尉喂维蟿喂魏伪 螡蔚蟻维. 螘委谓伪喂 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈, 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺维胃慰蟼, 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪, 位蠀蟻喂蟽渭蠈 魏伪喂 尾维胃慰蟼. 危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 蔚位蟺委味蠅 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚蟿蔚 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰 伪纬伪蟺萎蟽蔚蟿蔚 蠈蟽慰 蔚纬蠋. 螤慰蠀 蠂伪委蟻慰渭伪喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠈蠁伪蟽萎 渭慰蠀 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 魏位伪蟽蟽喂魏维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 2021!
危蠀谓伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏 螒胃畏谓维
违螕. 螒谓 魏伪喂 "螒谓慰喂尉喂维蟿喂魏伪" 蟿伪 谓蔚蟻维, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 未喂伪未蟻伪渭伪蟿委味蔚蟿伪喂 螝伪位慰魏伪委蟻喂.
螚 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 渭慰蠀 蟽萎渭蔚蟻伪 苇蠂蔚喂 慰蟻喂蟽渭苇谓伪 蟺慰位蠉 渭喂魏蟻维 spoilers. 螖蔚谓 胃蔚蠅蟻蠋 蟺蠅蟼 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉谓 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻苇蠄慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 蠂伪蟻维 渭喂伪蟼 渭蔚位位慰谓蟿喂魏萎蟼 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼, 慰蠉蟿蔚 蟿喂蟼 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺苇蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠀蟺维蟻蠂慰蠀谓.
螆谓伪 蔚蟻蠅蟿喂魏蠈, 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿蠈蟻畏渭伪. 螣 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼 蔚尉蠀渭谓蔚委 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 伪纬维蟺畏 魏伪胃蠋蟼 蟿畏 纬谓蠅蟻委味蔚喂 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 蟿伪尉委未喂.
螝伪喂 慰喂 未蠀慰 伪纬伪蟺慰蠉蟽伪谓 纬喂伪 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蠁慰蟻维路 蠈位蔚蟼 慰喂 蠂维蟻蔚蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏蟼 伪纬维蟺畏蟼 萎蟿伪谓 蟿蠋蟻伪 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟿慰蠀蟼, 螚 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 伪纬维蟺畏 蔚委谓伪喂 渭喂伪 蔚蟺伪谓维蟽蟿伪蟽畏...
螖蔚谓 谓慰渭委味蠅 蟺蠅蟼 苇蠂蠅 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 魏伪位蠉蟿蔚蟻畏 蟽魏喂伪纬蟻维蠁畏蟽畏 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蠅谓 伪蟺蠈 伪蠀蟿萎 蟺慰蠀 苇魏伪谓蔚 蔚未蠋 慰 韦慰蠀蟻纬魏苇谓喂蔚蠁. 螘委谓伪喂 位委纬慰喂 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀纬魏蟻委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟺慰喂畏蟿喂魏萎 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀. 韦伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪, 蟿畏谓 伪渭蔚蟽蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 蟺慰蠀 伪蠁畏纬蔚委蟿伪喂 蟿蟻喂蟿慰蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺伪, 渭伪 伪谓蟿喂位伪渭尾维谓蔚蟿伪喂 蟺蠅蟼 慰 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺位苇慰谓 蟿蠈蟽慰 尾维胃慰蟼, 蟺慰蠀 魏喂谓蔚委蟿伪喂 渭蠈谓慰蟼 蟿慰蠀, 未蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委 伪谓 蟿慰谓 蔚位苇纬尉蔚喂.
螣喂 伪未蠉谓伪蟿慰喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼, 魏维胃蔚 蠁慰蟻维 蟺慰蠀 渭喂位维谓蔚 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼, 未蔚 未喂蟽蟿维味慰蠀谓 谓伪 蔚魏蠁蟻维味慰谓蟿伪喂 未蠀谓伪渭喂魏维.
螣 蟺蟻蠅蟿伪纬蠅谓喂蟽蟿萎蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 苇谓伪蟼 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰蟼, 伪未蠉谓伪渭慰蟼 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻伪蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蔚蟻蠅蟿蔚蠉蔚蟿伪喂. 螣喂 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿萎蟻蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿慰委 蔚委谓伪喂 纬谓蠅蟽蟿蠈 蟺蠅蟼 渭伪纬谓畏蟿委味慰蠀谓 苇谓蟿慰谓伪 未蠀谓伪渭喂魏苇蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿蔚蟼. 螘魏未蠈胃畏魏蔚 位苇蔚喂 伪蟻蠂喂魏维 蟿慰 1872. 螝喂 蠈渭蠅蟼, 慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪蟼, 蔚蟺畏蟻蔚伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 委蟽蠅蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蠀蟿伪蟻蠂喂魏萎 渭畏蟿苇蟻伪 蟿慰蠀, 未畏渭喂慰蠀蟻纬蔚委 渭喂伪 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 伪渭伪味蠈谓伪, 渭喂伪 魏蠀蟻喂伪蟻蠂喂魏萎 纬蠀谓伪委魏伪, 渭喂伪 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蠀蟺慰未慰蠀位蠋谓蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰谓 蠂蔚喂蟻委味蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰 尾伪胃渭蠈 蟺慰蠀 尉蔚蠂谓维 蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪纬维蟺畏 蟺慰蠀 苇谓喂蠅蟽蔚. 螕喂伪蟿委 蟿慰蠀 蟺蟻慰蟽蠁苇蟻蔚喂 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 胃蔚蠅蟻慰蠉谓 蟿伪 谓喂维蟿伪 喂蟽蠂蠀蟻蠈蟿蔚蟻慰.
螣蟻委蟽蟿蔚, 维蟻蠂喂蟽蔚 蔚魏蔚委谓畏 渭' 苇谓伪 尾伪胃蠉 伪谓伪蟽蟿蔚谓伪纬渭蠈 蔚蠀蟿蠀蠂委伪蟼, 喂未慰蠉 蟿慰 渭蠈谓慰 蟺蟻维纬渭伪 蟺慰蠀 魏维谓蔚喂 蟿畏 味蠅萎 维尉喂伪 谓伪 蟿畏 味蔚喂 魏伪谓蔚委蟼. 螠蟺蠈蟻蔚蟽蔚蟼 魏喂 苇魏伪谓蔚蟼 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟽慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚, 蟺慰蠀 蠁伪喂谓蠈蟿伪谓 伪魏伪蟿蠈蟻胃蠅蟿慰, 魏伪喂 蟿蠋蟻伪 蠂伪委蟻慰蠀, 蠄蠀蠂萎, 蠅蟼 蟿慰 苇蟺伪魏蟻慰!
螖蔚谓 渭蟺慰蟻蠋 谓伪 蟺蠅 蟺慰位位维 纬喂伪 蟿伪 螒谓慰喂尉喂维蟿喂魏伪 螡蔚蟻维. 螘委谓伪喂 蟻慰渭伪谓蟿喂魏蠈, 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺维胃慰蟼, 伪位萎胃蔚喂伪, 位蠀蟻喂蟽渭蠈 魏伪喂 尾维胃慰蟼. 危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 蔚位蟺委味蠅 谓伪 蟿慰 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚蟿蔚 魏伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰 伪纬伪蟺萎蟽蔚蟿蔚 蠈蟽慰 蔚纬蠋. 螤慰蠀 蠂伪委蟻慰渭伪喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠈蠁伪蟽萎 渭慰蠀 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻伪 魏位伪蟽蟽喂魏维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蟿慰 2021!
螒位萎胃蔚喂伪, 渭伪蟼 蟽蠀渭尾伪委谓蔚喂 魏伪渭喂维 蠁慰蟻维 谓' 伪谓伪蟻蠅蟿畏胃慰蠉渭蔚 伪谓 畏 蠁蠀蟽喂魏萎 慰渭慰蟻蠁喂维 蠅蠁蔚位蔚委 萎 尾位维蟺蟿蔚喂!
危蠀谓伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏 螒胃畏谓维
违螕. 螒谓 魏伪喂 "螒谓慰喂尉喂维蟿喂魏伪" 蟿伪 谓蔚蟻维, 畏 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 未喂伪未蟻伪渭伪蟿委味蔚蟿伪喂 螝伪位慰魏伪委蟻喂.
July 11, 2020
I enjoyed this for its character portrayal much more than for the plot line. In the second half of the story, there is a piquant twist that does add some intrigue. The characters are amusing and the swipes at different cultural tendencies are fun.
The main character is telling the story. He is Russian, fifty-two years old and looking back thirty years when he had fallen in love with an Italian woman in Frankfurt. The year was 1840. Except, he then became head-over-heels infatuated with a Russian woman. The question is who will he marry, if any?!
The writing is descriptive. A sky, moonless, but with sparkling yellow, white, red and blue stars. Have you never seen such a sky? Think carefully, of course you have! Turgenev captures the feel of infatuation wonderfully. One character is phlegmatic. He is married to a woman who is flirtatious, exuberant and boundlessly free. They make a bet.
In that the Russian is looking back and remembering and telling us what happened, large portions are told. This is a drawback.
There is humor, of the satirical sort. There are snide remarks about German food and regimental behavior. French language and gastronomy are on the other hand characterized as being sophisticated. Italians are emotional, frivolous. One chuckles at the cultural innuendoes.
The audiobook is very well narrated by Neville Jason. He does dramatize, which I don't usually like. Yet he so well captures the characters' personalities that listening is like going to ta theater performance. It鈥檚 just plain fun!
The main character is telling the story. He is Russian, fifty-two years old and looking back thirty years when he had fallen in love with an Italian woman in Frankfurt. The year was 1840. Except, he then became head-over-heels infatuated with a Russian woman. The question is who will he marry, if any?!
The writing is descriptive. A sky, moonless, but with sparkling yellow, white, red and blue stars. Have you never seen such a sky? Think carefully, of course you have! Turgenev captures the feel of infatuation wonderfully. One character is phlegmatic. He is married to a woman who is flirtatious, exuberant and boundlessly free. They make a bet.
In that the Russian is looking back and remembering and telling us what happened, large portions are told. This is a drawback.
There is humor, of the satirical sort. There are snide remarks about German food and regimental behavior. French language and gastronomy are on the other hand characterized as being sophisticated. Italians are emotional, frivolous. One chuckles at the cultural innuendoes.
The audiobook is very well narrated by Neville Jason. He does dramatize, which I don't usually like. Yet he so well captures the characters' personalities that listening is like going to ta theater performance. It鈥檚 just plain fun!
August 12, 2018
The Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turganev was written in 1870 but thought to be a highly autobiographical rendition of events that occurred in his life in 1840. it is considered to be one of his greatest novels. It is the first for me.
The hero of this book is named Dmitri Savin. On a trip to Frankfurt Germany, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful young lady, Gemma. He proposes and when questioned by her mother about finances, promises to sell his estate in Petersburg to raise the proper funds. A friend's wife is purported to show an interest, so he meets with her to discuss the sale.
I have read 11 books considered classics this year and the ones written in the 19th Century continue to amaze me. I am a true lover of contemporary fiction, but am developing a love for the classics as well. They are written using lovely phrasing and language and the plots are creative. Certainly liked this book and have another Turgenev planned: First Love.
4 stars
The hero of this book is named Dmitri Savin. On a trip to Frankfurt Germany, he meets and falls in love with a beautiful young lady, Gemma. He proposes and when questioned by her mother about finances, promises to sell his estate in Petersburg to raise the proper funds. A friend's wife is purported to show an interest, so he meets with her to discuss the sale.
I have read 11 books considered classics this year and the ones written in the 19th Century continue to amaze me. I am a true lover of contemporary fiction, but am developing a love for the classics as well. They are written using lovely phrasing and language and the plots are creative. Certainly liked this book and have another Turgenev planned: First Love.
4 stars
December 20, 2020
螚蟿伪谓 蟽蟿伪 伪未喂维尾伪蟽蟿伪 渭慰蠀 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蔚委蠂伪 苇蠅蟼 蟿蠋蟻伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 魏伪谓苇谓伪 尾喂尾位委慰 蟿慰蠀. 螚 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位位维 蠈渭慰喂伪 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚委伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿慰蠀 蔚尉蔚位委蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰. 螚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蠀蟺苇蟻慰蠂畏. 螘蟺委蟽畏蟼, 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 蟿慰 蔚蟺委渭蔚蟿蟻慰 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀. 违蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 伪谓伪位蠀蟿喂魏萎 蟺蟻慰蟽苇纬纬喂蟽畏 蟽蟿慰 苇蟻纬慰 蟿慰蠀, 蟽蟿慰蠀蟼 萎蟻蠅蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪魏蠈渭畏 魏伪喂 慰喂 蔚蟺喂蟻蟻慰苇蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠈蟺蠅蟼 蟿慰谓 危慰蟺蔚谓蠂维慰蠀蔚蟻. 违蟺维蟻蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻维 蟿慰蠀 螠蠅蟺伪蟽蟽维谓 蠈蟿伪谓 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀谓维谓蟿畏蟽蔚 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蠁慰蟻维 蟽蟿慰 蟽蟺委蟿喂 蟿慰蠀 桅位蠅渭蟺苇蟻 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻维蠁蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰... 危委纬慰蠀蟻伪 胃伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 魏伪喂 维位位伪 尾喂尾位委伪 蟿慰蠀.
September 8, 2018
A葯a cum presim葲eam 卯nainte s膬 m膬 apuc de citit romanul, subiectul s膬u e dat de o tem膬 nu predilect膬, ci definitorie (aproape total膬) 卯n opera lui Turgheniev: resemnarea 卯n fa葲膬 iubirii pierdute a tinere葲ii.
De Turgheniev am dat c芒nd am citit Un cuib de nobili, din colec葲ia Adev膬rul, undeva prin 2015. Mi-a pl膬cut foarte mult romanul. Am re葲inut de acolo replici 葯i versuri f膬r膬 s膬 depun vreun efort 卯n acest sens, at芒t de frumos "ungeau".
De葯i Apele prim膬verii trateaz膬 aceea葯i tema -poate 卯ntr-o manier膬 mai european膬 dec芒t Un cuib de nobili- nu m-a impresionat la fel de mult. Fi-va vorba de spiritul rus (la el acas膬 卯ntr-Un cuib de nobili 葯i eclipsat aici) sau, deopotriv膬, de ce s膬 n-o recunosc?, poate am devenit eu prea cinic 葯i sceptic 卯n ceea ce prive葯te coordonatele temei definitorii din opera lui Turgheniev. Totu葯i, citindu-l, ceva m膬 g芒dil膬 葯i 卯mi da curaj. To the happy few!
De Turgheniev am dat c芒nd am citit Un cuib de nobili, din colec葲ia Adev膬rul, undeva prin 2015. Mi-a pl膬cut foarte mult romanul. Am re葲inut de acolo replici 葯i versuri f膬r膬 s膬 depun vreun efort 卯n acest sens, at芒t de frumos "ungeau".
De葯i Apele prim膬verii trateaz膬 aceea葯i tema -poate 卯ntr-o manier膬 mai european膬 dec芒t Un cuib de nobili- nu m-a impresionat la fel de mult. Fi-va vorba de spiritul rus (la el acas膬 卯ntr-Un cuib de nobili 葯i eclipsat aici) sau, deopotriv膬, de ce s膬 n-o recunosc?, poate am devenit eu prea cinic 葯i sceptic 卯n ceea ce prive葯te coordonatele temei definitorii din opera lui Turgheniev. Totu葯i, citindu-l, ceva m膬 g芒dil膬 葯i 卯mi da curaj. To the happy few!
May 7, 2024
Acque di primavera venne pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1872 ed 猫 una delle ultime opere scritte da Ivan Turgenev.
Il romanzo si apre con un antefatto. Siamo nel 1870 e incontriamo Dimitrij Sanin un uomo di mezza et脿 vuoto e amareggiato che, rientrato a casa dopo una serata in societ脿 e complice l'insonnia, si mette a frugare senza nessun motivo tra le carte conservate nel suo studio. Mentre fa questo si imbatte in una piccola scatolina il cui interno cela una piccola croce tempestata di granati. Questa croce rammenta a Sanin una vicenda accadutagli trent'anni prima e che ha influenzato tutta la sua vita.
Facciamo un salto indietro nel tempo e ci troviamo nel 1840, Dimitrij Sanin, 猫 un giovane proprietario terriero russo di ritorno da un viaggio in Italia. Nel suo viaggio fa tappa obbligata a Francoforte in Germania. Per ammazzare il tempo d'attesa che manca prima della partenza della diligenza per San Pietroburgo, Sanin decide di concedersi una passeggiata per le vie adiacenti al suo albergo. Durante la passeggiata entra in una pasticceria italiana, qui viene subito trascinato nella stanza sul retro del negozio da una giovane ragazza tutta trafelata, che lo implora di aiutarla a far rinvenire il giovane fratello svenuto sul divano. Sanin riesce a salvarlo e la famiglia Roselli per sdebitarsi lo invita a cena; il giovane russo 猫 stregato da questa famiglia ma soprattutto dall'affascinante figlia, Gemma, che per貌 猫 fidanzata con un certo Karl Kl眉ber, direttore di un negozio di abbigliamento.
Romanzo dal titolo allegorico che rispecchia benissimo il significato della storia narrata (la parola acque ha il significato di impetuosit脿 e con la parola primavera si intende invece la giovinezza, quindi il titolo ha il significato dell'impetuosit脿 della giovinezza), racconta una vicenda, come detto pi霉 volte dallo stesso scrittore russo, fortemente autobiografica vissuta da Turgenev in prima persona; una storia d'amore tramutatasi in una vicenda di tradimento, di vita sprecata e di occasioni perse.
Come sempre nelle opere di Turgenev i protagonisti sono i cosiddetti 鈥渦omini superflui鈥� cio猫 gli idealisti appassionati, eloquenti ma privi di volont脿, incapaci di agire e di scegliere; uomini deboli e incerti, che sbagliano e si pentono troppo tardi delle loro scelte o solo quando queste di rivelano sbagliate. Uno di questi uomini 猫 il protagonista Dimitrij Sanin, un giovane dolce, gentile, disponibile, spontaneo e amichevole, ma purtroppo pure molto ingenuo soprattutto quando si lascia ammaliare da Maria Nikolaevna, una 鈥渇emme fatale鈥� capricciosa, scaltra, cinica e calcolatrice, che pensa solo al proprio piacere personale e gioca con il cuore degli uomini. La sua entrata improvvisa sulla scena trasforma il romanzo; se prima il tono era allegro, spensierato, e anche divertente, dopo la sua comparsa il tono del romanzo diviene oscuro e piuttosto sinistro.
Se all'inizio e per buona parte del romanzo il lettore non pu貌 non parteggiare per Sanin, procedendo nella lettura ha nei suoi confronti un sentimento di tristezza e soprattutto di rabbia per il suo insensato e stupido comportamento.
Acque di primavera 猫 quindi una storia capace di suscitare nell'animo del lettore vari sentimenti, quali gioia, emozione, ira, compassione e tristezza.
Dalla trama scarna e abbastanza semplice 猫, come le altre opere dello scrittore russo, un romanzo permeato da un velo di malinconia, nostalgia, rimpianto e tristezza; questa vicenda in particolare racconta una storia d'amore, di gioia, di tradimento, di rimpianto, di amarezza.
Acque di primavera 猫 un romanzo scorrevole, ben scritto, ricco di eventi e di momenti descrittivi, con un buono sviluppo dei personaggi, dalla prosa semplice, dalla scrittura magnifica, narrato con uno stile limpido, elegante e raffinato come sempre 猫 lo stile di Turgenev; un'opera al cui interno troviamo riflessioni sulla natura umana, sulle differenze culturali e sulle diverse classi sociali, ma anche diversi temi quali la perdita dell'innocenza, la passione, l'ossessione, il potere della memoria, la stupidit脿 umana, le follie della giovinezza, il senso di perdita e di rimpianto che possono influenzare una vita intera.
Gli uomini deboli non danno mai fine a niente, ma ne aspettano sempre la conclusione.
Il romanzo si apre con un antefatto. Siamo nel 1870 e incontriamo Dimitrij Sanin un uomo di mezza et脿 vuoto e amareggiato che, rientrato a casa dopo una serata in societ脿 e complice l'insonnia, si mette a frugare senza nessun motivo tra le carte conservate nel suo studio. Mentre fa questo si imbatte in una piccola scatolina il cui interno cela una piccola croce tempestata di granati. Questa croce rammenta a Sanin una vicenda accadutagli trent'anni prima e che ha influenzato tutta la sua vita.
Facciamo un salto indietro nel tempo e ci troviamo nel 1840, Dimitrij Sanin, 猫 un giovane proprietario terriero russo di ritorno da un viaggio in Italia. Nel suo viaggio fa tappa obbligata a Francoforte in Germania. Per ammazzare il tempo d'attesa che manca prima della partenza della diligenza per San Pietroburgo, Sanin decide di concedersi una passeggiata per le vie adiacenti al suo albergo. Durante la passeggiata entra in una pasticceria italiana, qui viene subito trascinato nella stanza sul retro del negozio da una giovane ragazza tutta trafelata, che lo implora di aiutarla a far rinvenire il giovane fratello svenuto sul divano. Sanin riesce a salvarlo e la famiglia Roselli per sdebitarsi lo invita a cena; il giovane russo 猫 stregato da questa famiglia ma soprattutto dall'affascinante figlia, Gemma, che per貌 猫 fidanzata con un certo Karl Kl眉ber, direttore di un negozio di abbigliamento.
Romanzo dal titolo allegorico che rispecchia benissimo il significato della storia narrata (la parola acque ha il significato di impetuosit脿 e con la parola primavera si intende invece la giovinezza, quindi il titolo ha il significato dell'impetuosit脿 della giovinezza), racconta una vicenda, come detto pi霉 volte dallo stesso scrittore russo, fortemente autobiografica vissuta da Turgenev in prima persona; una storia d'amore tramutatasi in una vicenda di tradimento, di vita sprecata e di occasioni perse.
Come sempre nelle opere di Turgenev i protagonisti sono i cosiddetti 鈥渦omini superflui鈥� cio猫 gli idealisti appassionati, eloquenti ma privi di volont脿, incapaci di agire e di scegliere; uomini deboli e incerti, che sbagliano e si pentono troppo tardi delle loro scelte o solo quando queste di rivelano sbagliate. Uno di questi uomini 猫 il protagonista Dimitrij Sanin, un giovane dolce, gentile, disponibile, spontaneo e amichevole, ma purtroppo pure molto ingenuo soprattutto quando si lascia ammaliare da Maria Nikolaevna, una 鈥渇emme fatale鈥� capricciosa, scaltra, cinica e calcolatrice, che pensa solo al proprio piacere personale e gioca con il cuore degli uomini. La sua entrata improvvisa sulla scena trasforma il romanzo; se prima il tono era allegro, spensierato, e anche divertente, dopo la sua comparsa il tono del romanzo diviene oscuro e piuttosto sinistro.
Se all'inizio e per buona parte del romanzo il lettore non pu貌 non parteggiare per Sanin, procedendo nella lettura ha nei suoi confronti un sentimento di tristezza e soprattutto di rabbia per il suo insensato e stupido comportamento.
Acque di primavera 猫 quindi una storia capace di suscitare nell'animo del lettore vari sentimenti, quali gioia, emozione, ira, compassione e tristezza.
Dalla trama scarna e abbastanza semplice 猫, come le altre opere dello scrittore russo, un romanzo permeato da un velo di malinconia, nostalgia, rimpianto e tristezza; questa vicenda in particolare racconta una storia d'amore, di gioia, di tradimento, di rimpianto, di amarezza.
Acque di primavera 猫 un romanzo scorrevole, ben scritto, ricco di eventi e di momenti descrittivi, con un buono sviluppo dei personaggi, dalla prosa semplice, dalla scrittura magnifica, narrato con uno stile limpido, elegante e raffinato come sempre 猫 lo stile di Turgenev; un'opera al cui interno troviamo riflessioni sulla natura umana, sulle differenze culturali e sulle diverse classi sociali, ma anche diversi temi quali la perdita dell'innocenza, la passione, l'ossessione, il potere della memoria, la stupidit脿 umana, le follie della giovinezza, il senso di perdita e di rimpianto che possono influenzare una vita intera.
Gli uomini deboli non danno mai fine a niente, ma ne aspettano sempre la conclusione.
April 19, 2015
In honor of the season I have read a book I have heard much of over the years, one I have wanted to read for a long time: Torrents of Spring by Ivan Turgenev, published in 1872 when Turgenev was 53 or 54. His age is important because this novelette is largely autobiographical and the hero, when we first meet him, is 52. Although the subject is first love, this is an especially rewarding book for those who are middle-aged, especially those living with regrets and perhaps feeling discouraged and burnt out. It is the story of a memory of lost youth and first love but it is also about redemption, coming to terms with the past, and finding peace, or at least, finding a way to keep fighting another day for your life鈥檚 meaning.
As the novel begins we meet our protagonist, Dimitri Pavlovich Sanin, a Russian landowner, who is suffering a case of insomnia after attending some fancy upper-crust social event. We get the impression there is nothing outwardly wrong with his life: he is not ill, is financially secure, has a social life, and lives in a nice home. But his spirit is in ashes: he is empty, embittered by the nonsense of humanity, and haunted by the fear of impending old age and the lurking abyss of death. In this tortured state of mind, Dimitri imagines an allegory for the state of his existence:
鈥淗e himself sets in a little tottering boat, and down below in those dark oozy depths, like prodigious fishes, he can just make out the shapes of hideous monsters; all the ills of life, diseases, sorrows, madness, poverty, blindness鈥�. He gazes, and behold, one of these monsters separates itself off from the darkness, rises higher and higher, stands out more and more distinct, more and more loathsomely distinct鈥�. An instant yet, and the boat that bears him will be overturned! But behold, it grows dim again, it withdraws, it sinks down to the bottom, and there it lies, faintly stirring in the slime鈥�. But the fated day will come, and it will overturn the boat.鈥�
Such are the thoughts passing through this man's mind at 2:00 am. We see that he is going to need some serious psychological intervention to get to a better place. In this depressed state he rummages listlessly through drawers full of papers and discovers an small old-fashioned box. Opening it, he finds a cross set with garnets and the object transports him to a time in life 30 years in the past, when he was 22鈥�.
Of course as always when I read Russian literature I so wish I could read Russian. The original title of this novelette is Veshnie Vody 鈥� or 袙械褕薪懈械 胁芯写褘. However my 1897 translation by Constance Garnett is lovely: simple, direct, and lyrical. The main characters: Dimitri and all the members of the Roselli family are so genuine, warm, and sincere, that I not only feel I know them intimately, but I want to hang around their kitchen table drinking chocolat茅 and playing board games. In Dimitri鈥檚 memory it is 1840 and he has just arrived in Frankfort from Italy, ending a European tour. He has a few hours to kill before his coach leaves for Petersburg where he plans to begin his working life in some government post.
But his plans are suddenly altered when he wanders into a random confectioner鈥檚 shop and meets Gemma, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who, at the moment, is in a panic. Running into to the shop from a back room, she begs the young stranger to come save her brother. Emil Roselli, age 14,has fainted and no one can get him to wake up. Dimitri has no medical experience but he quickly loosens the boy鈥檚 clothing, calls for some hair brushes, and begins brushing his body. I take it that brushing was a technique used at that time in such cases. Anyway, miraculously enough, it worked. The boy opens his eyes and wakes up. Gemma, her mother, and their loyal family friend, Pantaleone, a retired opera singer, are so grateful they insist that Dimitri stay for dinner. He becomes so absorbed in the stories, the games, and the discussion, that he misses his ride back to Peterburg and decides to hang out in Frankfort a few more days. Although he does yet fully realize it, he has already fallen in love with Gemma and she with him.
There are complications of course. Gemma is already betrothed to a stiff arrogant bore of a merchant named Karl Kl眉ber. Once Dimitri recognizes the magical feeling he is experiencing for what it is and he and Gemma acknowledge their love, Gemma鈥檚 mother becomes an obstacle because, as a widow, she sees Herr Kl眉ber as the family鈥檚 financial salvation. But as the kinks are worked out, Dimitri becomes the betrothed and is accepted by all. It seems like this sweet love story is going to work out happily for everyone...except we know it isn't. The suspense is in finding out what could have gone wrong to mess up something so good and so beautiful?
What does happen is so senseless, so ridiculous, so stupid, so typically human. But I don鈥檛 want to spoil the story so let鈥檚 just say Dimitri gets swept up into some torrents of spring. Does this trip down memory lane help the middle-aged Dimitri emerge from his funk? Sort of. No one can change the past, but you can make an effort to make peace with it, and there are sometimes things you can do to actually transform it.
The Torrents of Spring is deliriously happy, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful: a genuine life story to which many of us can relate. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets old鈥�.but you鈥檒l have to read the book to find out what else.
As the novel begins we meet our protagonist, Dimitri Pavlovich Sanin, a Russian landowner, who is suffering a case of insomnia after attending some fancy upper-crust social event. We get the impression there is nothing outwardly wrong with his life: he is not ill, is financially secure, has a social life, and lives in a nice home. But his spirit is in ashes: he is empty, embittered by the nonsense of humanity, and haunted by the fear of impending old age and the lurking abyss of death. In this tortured state of mind, Dimitri imagines an allegory for the state of his existence:
鈥淗e himself sets in a little tottering boat, and down below in those dark oozy depths, like prodigious fishes, he can just make out the shapes of hideous monsters; all the ills of life, diseases, sorrows, madness, poverty, blindness鈥�. He gazes, and behold, one of these monsters separates itself off from the darkness, rises higher and higher, stands out more and more distinct, more and more loathsomely distinct鈥�. An instant yet, and the boat that bears him will be overturned! But behold, it grows dim again, it withdraws, it sinks down to the bottom, and there it lies, faintly stirring in the slime鈥�. But the fated day will come, and it will overturn the boat.鈥�
Such are the thoughts passing through this man's mind at 2:00 am. We see that he is going to need some serious psychological intervention to get to a better place. In this depressed state he rummages listlessly through drawers full of papers and discovers an small old-fashioned box. Opening it, he finds a cross set with garnets and the object transports him to a time in life 30 years in the past, when he was 22鈥�.
Of course as always when I read Russian literature I so wish I could read Russian. The original title of this novelette is Veshnie Vody 鈥� or 袙械褕薪懈械 胁芯写褘. However my 1897 translation by Constance Garnett is lovely: simple, direct, and lyrical. The main characters: Dimitri and all the members of the Roselli family are so genuine, warm, and sincere, that I not only feel I know them intimately, but I want to hang around their kitchen table drinking chocolat茅 and playing board games. In Dimitri鈥檚 memory it is 1840 and he has just arrived in Frankfort from Italy, ending a European tour. He has a few hours to kill before his coach leaves for Petersburg where he plans to begin his working life in some government post.
But his plans are suddenly altered when he wanders into a random confectioner鈥檚 shop and meets Gemma, a beautiful 19-year-old girl who, at the moment, is in a panic. Running into to the shop from a back room, she begs the young stranger to come save her brother. Emil Roselli, age 14,has fainted and no one can get him to wake up. Dimitri has no medical experience but he quickly loosens the boy鈥檚 clothing, calls for some hair brushes, and begins brushing his body. I take it that brushing was a technique used at that time in such cases. Anyway, miraculously enough, it worked. The boy opens his eyes and wakes up. Gemma, her mother, and their loyal family friend, Pantaleone, a retired opera singer, are so grateful they insist that Dimitri stay for dinner. He becomes so absorbed in the stories, the games, and the discussion, that he misses his ride back to Peterburg and decides to hang out in Frankfort a few more days. Although he does yet fully realize it, he has already fallen in love with Gemma and she with him.
There are complications of course. Gemma is already betrothed to a stiff arrogant bore of a merchant named Karl Kl眉ber. Once Dimitri recognizes the magical feeling he is experiencing for what it is and he and Gemma acknowledge their love, Gemma鈥檚 mother becomes an obstacle because, as a widow, she sees Herr Kl眉ber as the family鈥檚 financial salvation. But as the kinks are worked out, Dimitri becomes the betrothed and is accepted by all. It seems like this sweet love story is going to work out happily for everyone...except we know it isn't. The suspense is in finding out what could have gone wrong to mess up something so good and so beautiful?
What does happen is so senseless, so ridiculous, so stupid, so typically human. But I don鈥檛 want to spoil the story so let鈥檚 just say Dimitri gets swept up into some torrents of spring. Does this trip down memory lane help the middle-aged Dimitri emerge from his funk? Sort of. No one can change the past, but you can make an effort to make peace with it, and there are sometimes things you can do to actually transform it.
The Torrents of Spring is deliriously happy, heartbreaking, and ultimately hopeful: a genuine life story to which many of us can relate. Boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy gets old鈥�.but you鈥檒l have to read the book to find out what else.
June 2, 2023
3.5/5
December 3, 2012
After reading this wonderful piece of classic work, I came up with two wishes. First, I wished I could read the book in its original language. Second, I wish I had read Turgenev鈥檚 works before. The first one would only remain that 鈥� a wish. The English translation of the eBook I read is wonderful, but I after reading it and pondering the ending I wondered how it must all be in Russian. The narrative flows so simply and yet so intimately of its protagonist, Sanin, that I craved for what could have been lost in translation. But I know no Russian at all, and so I must settle for what I could have.
The second wish, however, is redeemable. This is my first Turgenev and it wouldn鈥檛 be the last. The Torrents of Spring begins with a passage from an Old Ballad that portends a tale that would end sadly, if not tragically. Still, in spite of the foreshadowing, I didn鈥檛 expect it to end as it did. Told as a recollection, the narrative tells the story of Sanin who, on his way home from his travels, meets Gemma whom he falls in love with. The love comes at a price, not only to him but to Gemma as well, but they get through the hardships and become engaged. In the process of proving himself true, however, Sanin fails and abandons Gemma just a few weeks after pledging his love for her. He willingly gives up all that love and promise of a happy life for another woman who has no love for him at all and who discards him just as quickly and easily as he did Gemma. And what follows next is many years of loneliness and solitude, for what could have been and will never be. For a moment of weakness he is made to pay thirty years of shame and regret. The ending is quite touching, moving. I just felt sad, and angry, for Sanin when he discovers what ultimately happens to Gemma.
The second wish, however, is redeemable. This is my first Turgenev and it wouldn鈥檛 be the last. The Torrents of Spring begins with a passage from an Old Ballad that portends a tale that would end sadly, if not tragically. Still, in spite of the foreshadowing, I didn鈥檛 expect it to end as it did. Told as a recollection, the narrative tells the story of Sanin who, on his way home from his travels, meets Gemma whom he falls in love with. The love comes at a price, not only to him but to Gemma as well, but they get through the hardships and become engaged. In the process of proving himself true, however, Sanin fails and abandons Gemma just a few weeks after pledging his love for her. He willingly gives up all that love and promise of a happy life for another woman who has no love for him at all and who discards him just as quickly and easily as he did Gemma. And what follows next is many years of loneliness and solitude, for what could have been and will never be. For a moment of weakness he is made to pay thirty years of shame and regret. The ending is quite touching, moving. I just felt sad, and angry, for Sanin when he discovers what ultimately happens to Gemma.
March 18, 2020
乇賵丕賷丞 賰賱丕爻賷賰賷丞 賴丕丿卅丞 賮賷 丨賰丕賷鬲賴丕貙 氐丕禺亘丞 賮賷賲丕 賵丕乇亍 丨賰丕賷鬲賴丕.
January 1, 2017
Mladej Rus dojede do N臎mecka a tam zkejsne, p谩膷 mu dal拧铆 dro啪ka jede a啪 za p谩r dn铆. Tento pocit zn谩m, letos jsem toti啪 na leti拧ti ve Frankfurtu str谩vil celej den a kdyby mi letadlo let臎lo je拧t臎 o p谩r hodin pozd臎ji, asi bych si musel vz铆t na dal拧铆 precl铆k za 12 000 euro pravd臎podobn臎 kontokorent. Ka啪dop谩dn臎 Rus vleze do cukr谩rny, tam mlad谩 italka a bum - l谩ska jak parmez谩n! Kdy啪 zjist铆, 啪e 艩pagetka m谩 n臎jak媒ho bohat媒ho germ谩nsk媒ho snoubence tak se Rus trochu rozesmutn铆, ale to by nebyl Rus, aby to v拧echno nedoprcal t铆m stylem, 啪e N臎mec skon膷铆 s ostudou a Rus se 艩pagetkou, kter媒 sl铆b铆, 啪e prod谩 panstv铆 a za ty pen铆ze ji ud臎l谩 svatbu, kde bude pizza pro v拧echny. Komunismus vs kapitalismus 1:0. Co 锟斤拷ert necht臎l, aby Rus prodal panstv铆 tak mus铆 jet do jin媒ho m臎sta, kde je man啪elka jeho k谩mo拧e, bohat谩 a rozmazlen谩 byznysmanka, kter谩 mu nad臎l谩 po艡谩dn媒 trumpoty. Mo啪n谩 i proto p艡estane hlavn铆 hrdina pou啪铆vat mozek a vsad铆 na osv臎d膷enou cestu do pr暖seru - penis. Inu, tak u啪 to u n谩s v gat铆ch chod铆. Z谩v臎r tedy 拧okuj铆c铆 jak bl谩zen, prozrazuj铆c铆 o mu啪铆ch daleko v铆c ne啪 1000 p艡铆ru膷ek. Za m臎 palec nahoru a penis dolu.
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May 2, 2021By a complete coincidence I was reading The Aeneid and this book simultaneously, and reached the point where Dido and Aeneas are out in the storm in the woods only an hour after Maria Nikolaevna Polozova had whispered 'Aeneas' to Sanin during a storm in the woods near Wiesbaden in Spring Torrents. Disastrous events ensue in both cases.
Lust and ruthless egotism versus the moral imperative. This is a really masterful portrayal of how one's highest, most romantic principles can be undermined so quickly by one's human cravings. It is a reflection, I think, on how shallow, and fragile, an impulsive gesture may turn out to be--Sanin's commitment to Gemma after only a few days' acquaintance-- in comparison to a slowly developed commitment would be. Turgenev's depiction of Sanin's youthful innocence entangled in the self-indulgent, worldly competition between the seductive, clever Maria Nikolaevna and her 'dumpling' husband is really amazing. You can see the web being woven before your eyes, in fact Sanin sees it being woven, but he is mesmerized and can't resist landing on it. Recommended.
Lust and ruthless egotism versus the moral imperative. This is a really masterful portrayal of how one's highest, most romantic principles can be undermined so quickly by one's human cravings. It is a reflection, I think, on how shallow, and fragile, an impulsive gesture may turn out to be--Sanin's commitment to Gemma after only a few days' acquaintance-- in comparison to a slowly developed commitment would be. Turgenev's depiction of Sanin's youthful innocence entangled in the self-indulgent, worldly competition between the seductive, clever Maria Nikolaevna and her 'dumpling' husband is really amazing. You can see the web being woven before your eyes, in fact Sanin sees it being woven, but he is mesmerized and can't resist landing on it. Recommended.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 18, 2024
I am so in love with this man鈥檚 prose. The two books I鈥檝e read by him so far (the other being 鈥淔irst Love鈥�) have both been filled with so much beauty and nostalgia. Through memories this book beautifully explores first love and its innocence, love in comparison to lust as well as regret. There鈥檚 such a nostalgic sadness to Turgenev鈥檚 books while simultaneously being so hopeful
April 7, 2023
Os grandes mestres da literatura russa s茫o (tamb茅m) os meus mestres. A minha aten莽茫o foi cativada por Dostoi茅vski h谩 muitos anos e devo-lhe a ele (e a E莽a de Queiroz 鈥斕齭e bem que Verg铆lio Ferreira, na altura, desempenhou um papel igualmente importante na minha vida) a paix茫o imensa que tenho por ler e por livros. A escrita de Ivan Turgu茅nev faz-me sentir em casa, faz-me sentir num territ贸rio que conhe莽o bem e onde me movo confortavelmente; por茅m, ao contr谩rio de Dostoi茅vski, diria que a sua escrita 茅 menos densa 鈥� e h谩 intensidade, impetuosidade e efervesc锚ncia na sua escrita, bem como um respeito pelas personagens e pelas suas interioridades... mas o modo como tudo isso se materializa 茅 algo efl煤vio. Nada disto 茅 negativo, h谩 espa莽o para todos os autores e para todos os gostos: ler novamente Turgu茅nev deu-me imenso prazer, "脕guas da Primavera" 茅 um livro lind铆ssimo, acess铆vel e r谩pido de ler. Sei que as suas personagens n茫o me tocaram profundamente, mas sei tamb茅m que durante muito tempo ir谩 perdurar a sensa莽茫o que nasceu ao fechar este livro: n茫o sei como 茅 que um autor consegue, em cinco p谩ginas, escrever um final t茫o harmonioso, doce e emocionalmente reconfortante. Comoveu-me ao ponto de me fazer chorar num espa莽o p煤blico, e eram l谩grimas nascidas de uma fonte pura, a fonte onde habitam os sentimentos mais auspiciosos que tenho.
March 31, 2009
This is not going to be much of a review. I enjoyed the novella, but I didn't love it.
While reading The Torrents of Spring, I kept comparing Turgenev's Sanin to Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov. I'm not sure if it's because I haven't read much Russian literature, so what I do read, I compare to the few other Russian novels I've read. It could also be because Turgenev referenced Dostoevsky in his letters to Flaubert, so I may have had him on the brain. I'm sure that didn't have anything to do with my lack of love for the novella, though.
Sanin was kind of this macho type of guy, while Raskolnikov was a more sensitive, intellectual type. Raskolnikov thought about doing things; Sanin just did them. For instance, Sanin fought a duel for a young woman who was engaged to someone else because her fiancee didn't step up after she was "insulted" by some military officers. He owned land and serfs; Rasky was without an income.
(And yes, I do realize Raskolnikov acted on things, but he thought about them endlessly before and after.)
**Spoiler Alert**
As a consequence of the duel, Sanin won the love of Gemma, but then threw it away for hot sex with someone else. It was difficult to feel much of anything when he did it because the character of Gemma wasn't written with much depth. In fact, the most interesting character in the novel was the woman with which Sanin had the affair. She was, as "they" say, a pistol.
Even though I liked his letters more than I liked this novella, I don't think this experience will stop me from reading more Turgenev. Knowing he suffered from chronic gout made me laugh when I found this passage amid a novel about love found, love lost, and heartbreak:
Who does not know what a German dinner is like? Watery soup with knobby dumplings and pieces of cinnamon, boiled beef dry as cork, with white fat attached, slimy potatoes, soft beetroot and mashed horseradish, a bluish eel with French capers and vinegar, a roast joint with jam, and the inevitable 'Mehlspeise,' something of the nature of a pudding with sourish red sauce; but to make up, the beer and wine first-rate!
Yum yum.
While reading The Torrents of Spring, I kept comparing Turgenev's Sanin to Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov. I'm not sure if it's because I haven't read much Russian literature, so what I do read, I compare to the few other Russian novels I've read. It could also be because Turgenev referenced Dostoevsky in his letters to Flaubert, so I may have had him on the brain. I'm sure that didn't have anything to do with my lack of love for the novella, though.
Sanin was kind of this macho type of guy, while Raskolnikov was a more sensitive, intellectual type. Raskolnikov thought about doing things; Sanin just did them. For instance, Sanin fought a duel for a young woman who was engaged to someone else because her fiancee didn't step up after she was "insulted" by some military officers. He owned land and serfs; Rasky was without an income.
(And yes, I do realize Raskolnikov acted on things, but he thought about them endlessly before and after.)
**Spoiler Alert**
As a consequence of the duel, Sanin won the love of Gemma, but then threw it away for hot sex with someone else. It was difficult to feel much of anything when he did it because the character of Gemma wasn't written with much depth. In fact, the most interesting character in the novel was the woman with which Sanin had the affair. She was, as "they" say, a pistol.
Even though I liked his letters more than I liked this novella, I don't think this experience will stop me from reading more Turgenev. Knowing he suffered from chronic gout made me laugh when I found this passage amid a novel about love found, love lost, and heartbreak:
Who does not know what a German dinner is like? Watery soup with knobby dumplings and pieces of cinnamon, boiled beef dry as cork, with white fat attached, slimy potatoes, soft beetroot and mashed horseradish, a bluish eel with French capers and vinegar, a roast joint with jam, and the inevitable 'Mehlspeise,' something of the nature of a pudding with sourish red sauce; but to make up, the beer and wine first-rate!
Yum yum.
February 22, 2017
" Vesele godine,
Sre膰ni dani -
K'o prole膰ne vode
Prohuja拧e oni."
I ovo je najtu啪nije 拧to je napisano u knjizi , a nije 膷ak ni napisao Turgenjev ,nego je citat neke ruske romanse na po膷etku knjige. Ko bi rekao da je Turgenjev Rus , nigde nema tuge , sve je lagano, prozra膷no i lepr拧avo ( da ne ka啪em pozitivno). 膶ak o kada se desi ne拧to lo拧e nema nikakvog patosa. Ali to sve nije bitno , jer je sve toliko lepo i dobro napisano da mi je prijalo da je 膷itam.
Sre膰ni dani -
K'o prole膰ne vode
Prohuja拧e oni."
I ovo je najtu啪nije 拧to je napisano u knjizi , a nije 膷ak ni napisao Turgenjev ,nego je citat neke ruske romanse na po膷etku knjige. Ko bi rekao da je Turgenjev Rus , nigde nema tuge , sve je lagano, prozra膷no i lepr拧avo ( da ne ka啪em pozitivno). 膶ak o kada se desi ne拧to lo拧e nema nikakvog patosa. Ali to sve nije bitno , jer je sve toliko lepo i dobro napisano da mi je prijalo da je 膷itam.
May 17, 2022
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17.5.2022
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17.5.2022
January 1, 2024
S脿nin j谩 estava indo embora para a R煤ssia, mas resolveu parar para comer um docinho em uma confeitaria em Frankfurt. Como um pequeno detalhe pode mudar nossas vidas! Vamos l谩: Salim entrou na confeitaria e ficou esperando alguns minutos, mas ningu茅m veio atender. De repente, aparece por tr谩s do balc茫o uma linda mulher chamada Gemma, desesperada, pedindo para que ele v谩 ver seu irm茫o Em铆lio, que estava passando mal. Ele vai atender o garoto e, apesar de n茫o saber nada de medicina, consegue salv谩-lo. Logo come莽a a chegar a m茫e de Gemma, os seus criados, todos agradecendo. Como 茅 uma fam铆lia italiana, logo pedem para ele ficar para tomar um caf茅 e vir no outro dia, e assim come莽a sua rela莽茫o com a fam铆lia. Mas h谩 tanta coisa para acontecer. Para come莽ar a conversa, ele come莽a a gostar de Gemma. S贸 que ela j谩 tem um noivo, e isso pode causar algum transtorno. Vai haver tamb茅m duelos, trai莽玫es, arrependimentos e sofrimentos. N茫o sei se esse livro pode ser classificado como um romance ou como uma trag茅dia, s贸 sei que o livro nos prende at茅 o final. 脡 um livro um tanto desconhecido no Brasil, mas que eu amei e recomendo a todos.
May 9, 2017
My first Turgenev and unfortunately it wasn't a good one. It had nearly a full hand of 'things I don't like but which seem very common in Russian Literature'. Namely:
* Unpleasant and unsympathetic characters
* Passionate and stupid men
* Charming women who aren't
* Unrealistic situations
* Over the Top emotions which I don't believe in
It did however skip the nearly obligatory exposition on philosophy/social theory/economics. Points for that anyway.
For the rest it was, as the 1001 book blurb points out, rather a theatrical performance, fairly predictable and even absurd. I don't always mind a theatrical performance if the players can carry it off - in this case, no, they couldn't.
I was rolling my eyes with the whole evil seductress routine but it was really Anyway, this was all laid out for us right from the very beginning so it wasn't exactly a shock but still, I would have been happy to have had a few small surprises thrown in.
Oh well, can't like 'em all.
* Unpleasant and unsympathetic characters
* Passionate and stupid men
* Charming women who aren't
* Unrealistic situations
* Over the Top emotions which I don't believe in
It did however skip the nearly obligatory exposition on philosophy/social theory/economics. Points for that anyway.
For the rest it was, as the 1001 book blurb points out, rather a theatrical performance, fairly predictable and even absurd. I don't always mind a theatrical performance if the players can carry it off - in this case, no, they couldn't.
I was rolling my eyes with the whole evil seductress routine but it was really Anyway, this was all laid out for us right from the very beginning so it wasn't exactly a shock but still, I would have been happy to have had a few small surprises thrown in.
Oh well, can't like 'em all.
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