Smoke

In the fashionable spa town of Baden-Baden, Russian expatriates gather to debate, gossip, and pursue pleasure. Among them is Grigory Litvinov, a young landowner eager to marry the gentle Tatyana and start a new life. But when he meets his former lover, the dazzling Irina, now married to a powerful general, old passions reignite with devastating force. Caught between duty and desire, Litvinov watches his future crumble—even as the steam of cigars and the chatter of his countrymen rise like smoke, empty and intoxicating. Turgenev’s brilliant novel of love, politics, and self-deception is given fresh voice in this faithful modern retelling. Part of Timeless Classics.