{"product_id":"2940169689174","title":"Smoke","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp class=\"DefaultText\"\u003eWritten by one of Russia¿s literary masters, \u003cem\u003eSmoke\u003c\/em\u003e is both a poignant love story and a brilliant socio-political study. Marked with a barbed wit and a visionary modernism, it became the center of a famous philosophical breach between Turgenev and Dostoevsky.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"DefaultText\"\u003eOn the brink of marriage, Grigorii Litvinov visits the fashionable European spa of Baden-Baden, a scene dominated by the Russian upper classes. Among them is the beautiful Irina Osinin, Litvinov¿s first love, to whom he was engaged ten years earlier. Litvinov¿s struggle with a nostalgic passion is set against the background of a society pulled both toward and against change as it feels the influence of the West.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp class=\"DefaultText\"\u003eA sensitive and intelligent commentary on human nature, Turgenev¿s \u003cem\u003eSmoke\u003c\/em\u003e endures for its high aesthetic standards and its universal qualities of understanding.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Audio, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47162592526576,"sku":"2940169689174","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169689174_p0.jpg?v=1769898435","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169689174","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}