A noble landowner wanders through the countryside. What draws him is not the hunt, but nature, life in all its facets: the young Vasja, who is tormented by his master, the love between Viktor and Akulina, which is cruelly shattered. "The Hunter" tells of all the people he sees in this old, harsh Russia of the 19th century. The power of Turgenev's unflinching portrayal is still palpable today. Vera Bischitzky has translated his most famous book anew. And as in her translation of Goncharov's "Oblomov," she brings to life a world that can be "seen, heard, touched, tasted, and smelled.".