An eloquent, idealistic drifter dazzles a provincial household yet proves incapable of acting on his own words.
Books mentioned in Rudin (1)
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe: “What sweet moments Natalya passed when at times in the garden on the seat, in the transparent shade of the aspen tree, Rudin began to read Goethe's Faust, Hoffman, or Bettina's letters, or Novalis, constantly stopping and explaining what seemed obscure to her. Like almost all Russian”
Books that mention Rudin (1)
Hard Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami: “I climbed into what there was of my bed with Turgenev's Rudin. Actually, I'd wanted to read Spring Torrents, but I would never have found it in my shambles of an apartment.”