First Love Audiobook

" This was unexpectedly boring. The narrative distance didn't work for me resulting in a protagonist that I couldn't sympathize with. I felt like throttling Turgenev at one point and shouting 'show, don't tell!' but I suppose it's rude to disturb the dead... "

" at the end of dinner parrty, the remaining guests tell stories of their first love. for one of them it will be dark journy into his past. "

" Stunning. Not read Turgenev before but I must read more! "

" A beautiful and strangely compelling gem. "

" Read it and learn how to wrap men around your littlest finger. "

" If the passion of Monet's water Lilies could be depicted in a sleeping Russian prose it would be this book. "

" A cute story. Both adorable and tragic but still a good read. Short so not a huge time commitment. Russian author also so it's nice to check out books that aren't necessarily from a North American point of view. "

" Very vivid storytelling techniques are employed in this novel. "

" I'm not crazy over the translation. "

" young love is obsessive or young obsession is lovely or obsession is lovely when young or obsessive young love or lovely obsessions when young or love young obsessives "

" My first Turgenev. It will not be my last, though. "

" I thought it's very short story. His 1st love was too peaceful. Just admiring at girl one he gave heart and always make what she wanted. Love the way he express his self to girl. "

" A nice, quick read. Turgenev always fills you up and never lets you down. Heh. "

" Good little review of the idea of youth at the end. Very smart. "

" Turgenev hits the nail on the head about what your first love is usually like, but with an even more cynical twist. I really liked this translation--the language was very beautiful. "

" Makes me want to read his "Fathers and sons" someday somehow "

" This bite-sized vignette is one of my favourites. The plot is rather cliche-ridden but the narrator's clear but poetic description of the environment and in particular of the sharpness of youthful passions always moves me. Guess I'm a romantic fool... "

" I am surprised on what book that John Grisham have done on this book. It is not like the books that he have written but he did real good with this one. I would not think of any other book that took it to that point. Good job John!! "

" Very powerful, radiant and well-written. "

" It was like plain vanilla ice cream, nice, but nothing special. "

" If the passion of Monet's water Lilies could be depicted in a sleeping Russian prose it would be this book. "

" A short story.Finished in couple of hours.It was fun reading about first love.A change for me after reading so many crime books. "

" First Love (Penguin Great Loves) by Ivan Turgenev (2007) "

" Makes me want to read his "Fathers and sons" someday somehow "

" I'm not crazy over the translation. "

" The feeling of first love, how a boy fell in love with a girl. The very first feeling of love. The story surely describes the Russian way of feeling love. Yes it also touches other nationals too but I guess first love be best described in the readers own culture/language. "

" I thought it's very short story. His 1st love was too peaceful. Just admiring at girl one he gave heart and always make what she wanted. Love the way he express his self to girl. "

" Cinta pertama memang tak terlupakan. Lebih tak terlupakan bila cinta itu berakhir tragis. Sang tokoh dalam novelet ini bukan saja memiliki kisah cinta pertama yang berujung duka, malahan dia harus berhadapan dengan kenyataan tentang kebenaran yang menyakitkan. "