The precipice
By: Ivan Goncharov ; translated & edited by Laury Magnus & Boris Jakim ; introduction by Laury Magnus.
Contributors: Magnus, Laury.; Jakim, Boris.
Publisher: Ardis
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Language: eng
Number of pages: 426
Subjects: Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction.
Description: "In The Precipice Goncharov combines various genres: novel about the artist, political novel, and romance. This work contrasts the then new ideas of philosophical positivism, utilitarianism and atheism with romantic idealism and traditional values.

These various views are examined through the characters of three men laboring to win the love of the heroine, Vera: Boris Raisky, an artist-dilettant; Mark Volokhov, a nihilist in the tradition of Turgenev's Bazarov; and Ivan Tushin, a traditional, yet enlightened landowner.".

"The Precipice is especially notable for its women. The heroine, Vera, is one of Russian literature's most independent and intelligent female characters, and the full-blooded portrait of Raisky's wise and strong grandmother is no less remarkable."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Translation of: Obryv.