Delighted to see you mention Mathews, who I think is underdiscussed. Also a fan of Figes' book, Turgenev's Spring Torrents is a very good novel about the Russians' relationship to Europe.
haven't been much of a Turgenev reader (again, probably because he tends to be taught in the motherland-proselytizing tradition established by Belinsky), but looking forward to getting into it; all to say, great rec, excited to read it!
Delighted to see you mention Mathews, who I think is underdiscussed. Also a fan of Figes' book, Turgenev's Spring Torrents is a very good novel about the Russians' relationship to Europe.
haven't been much of a Turgenev reader (again, probably because he tends to be taught in the motherland-proselytizing tradition established by Belinsky), but looking forward to getting into it; all to say, great rec, excited to read it!