{"product_id":"9781566634052","title":"Literary Reminiscences And Autobiographical Fragments","description":"\u003ch1\u003eLiterary Reminiscences\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eAnd Autobiographical Fragments\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eIvan Turgenev\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Collections \/ Russian \u0026amp; Former Soviet Union\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eToward the end of his career as a brilliant novelist, Turgenev turned his pen to the essays that comprise these \u003ci\u003eLiterary Reminiscences\u003c\/i\u003e. Here he discusses the character of creative writing, the attitude of the artist to his environment, and the transmutation of the artist's experience into a work of art. He offers, as well, brilliant studies of Pushkin, Gogol, Belinsky, Lermontov, and Krylov, and a penetrating account of his own difficulties in writing \u003ci\u003eFathers and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e. There are also descriptions of travels through Italy, simply and beautifully written pieces on country life, and eyewitness accounts of the 1848 political riots in Paris. David Magarshack has provided a first-class translation and has written an introduction which explains and sets the scene for each of the essays. \"The best possible introduction to the author a reader could ask for....Turgenev is an uninsistent, lyric meditator, who sees with a precise eye wherever he looks, and whether he is drawing a bead on a quail or escaping from a burning ship, always asks the uncomfortable questions of himself.\"-\u003ci\u003eNew York Herald-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eIvan Turgenev (1818–1883), one of Russia's greatest nineteenth-century writers, is best known for his novel \u003ci\u003eFathers and Sons\u003c\/i\u003e, his long story \"Smoke,\" and \u003ci\u003eA Sportsman's Sketches\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e06 August 2001\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eIvan R. Dee\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781566634052\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e324\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e12.32\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53976191205516,"sku":"9781566634052","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781566634052","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}