Fatherhood and Sonship: Relations from above and Below
Explore the complex dynamics of fatherhood and sonship with our curated reading list. Featuring Turgenev's classic *Fathers and Sons*, this collection delves into generational conflict, paternal bonds, and evolving family relations. Discover essential books on masculinity, legacy, and the intricate ties between fathers and sons.
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Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Fathers and Sons is one of the greatest nineteenth century Russian novels, and has long been acclaimed as Turgenev's finest work. It is a political novel set in a domestic context, with a universal theme, the generational divide between fathers and sons. Set in 1859 at the moment when the Russian autocratic state began to move hesitantly towards social and political reform, the novel explores the conflict between the liberal-minded fathers of Russian reformist sympathies and their free-thinking intellectual sons whose revolutionary ideology threatened the stability of the state.
