Fathers and Sons

Synopsis

Turgenev's timeless tale of generational collision, in a sparkling new translationwhen arkady petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his eager, naïve son changed almost beyond recognition, for the impressionable arkady has fallen under the powerful influence of the friend he has brought home with him. A self-proclaimed nihilist, the ardent young bazarov shocks arkady's father with his criticisms of the landowning way of life and his determination to overthrow the traditional values of contemporary society.