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4.0

A sentimental survey of a few different relationships between fathers and their sons, who are on the verge of becoming men.

The book is sometimes cynical about both sides of the fence, but its unexpected ending broke my heart - a sensation Turgenev is a pro at engineering like a jack-in-the-box, then briskly painting over with a snappy, too-neat life-as-usualness.