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Turgenev's povest' (or novella) Asya, of 1858, has a Rhineland setting. Asya, the illegitimate daughter of a Russian landowner, is travelling abroad with her half-brother. The narrator falls in love with her, but cannot bring himself to propose marriage until it is too late. Asya has gone. The narrative stance here struck by Turgenev - one of remorseful recollection - renders Asya one of his most poignant tales. It immediately occasioned a lively debate among contemporary Russian critics: over 'weak' as against 'positive' heroes, and the position of the intellectual vis a vis the people. At a more submerged level of the tale, the heroine's 'narrative' has until recently tended to be overlooked.

Book details

• Full title: Asya
• Author: Ivan Turgenev
• Language: Russian
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 184
• EAN: 9781853992957
• ISBN: 185399295X
• ID: 05113231
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 236 g
• Dimensions: 137 × 216 × 22 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. January 1998

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