Smoke: New Translation

Around this love story Turgenev constructs a sharply satirical expose of his countrymen, which famously embroiled its author in a heated quarrel with Dostoevsky. A melancholy evocation of impossible romance, Smoke represents the apogee of Turgenev's later fiction.

In jurul acestei povesti de dragoste, Turgheniev construieste o demascare satirica ascutita a compatriotilor sai, care l-a implicat pe autorul sau intr-o cearta aprinsa cu Dostoievski. O evocare melancolica a unei romante imposibile, Fum reprezinta apogeul fictiunii ulterioare a lui Turgheniev.