Asya: (Russian)

Series: Russian

"Asya" - is a novella by Ivan Turgenev which was first published in 1858. The story is told from the viewpoint of an anonymous narrator (Mr. NN), who recalls his youth and in particular his stay in the small town west to the Rhine. Critics considered the hero to be a classic type of the "superfluous man" - indecisive and uncertain of their place in life.