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 expunere ascutita satirica a compatriotilor sai, care si-a implicat autorul intr-o cearta aprinsa cu Dostoievski. O evocare melancolica a romantismului imposibil, Smoke reprezinta apogeul fictiunii de mai tarziu a lui Turgheniev.