"Isät ja lapset: Romaani" by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev is a novel published in 1862. When university graduate Arkady returns home with his radical friend Bazarov, their nihilist philosophy clashes with traditional values held by Arkady's father and uncle. Romantic entanglements complicate matters when both young men become attracted to the elegant Anna Odintsova. As ideological tensions mount and personal conflicts escalate, Bazarov's cynical worldview faces its ultimate test against the forces of love, family, and mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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