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Mikhail Lermontov A Hero of Our Time (Paperback). Its Byronic hero, twenty-five-year-old Pechorin, is a beautiful and magnetic but nihilistic young army officer, bored by life and indifferent to his many sexual conquests. Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) was a Russian Romantic writer and poet. Further DetailsTitle: A Hero of Our Time Condition: New Author: Mikhail Lermontov Publisher: Penguin Classics ISBN-10: 0143105639 Format: Paperback Translator: Natasha Randall Contributor: Natasha Randall (Translated by) EAN: 9780143105633 ISBN: 9780143105633 Release Date: 08/27/2009 Language: Russian, English Country/Region of Manufacture: GB Item Height: 128mm Genre: Fiction Description: A masterpiece of Russian prose, Mikhail Lermontov's A Hero of Our Time is translated with an introduction and notes by Natasha Randall, and a foreword by Neil LaBute, author of reasons to be pretty , in Penguin Modern Classics.The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time was both lauded and reviled on publication. Its Byronic hero, twenty-five-year-old Pechorin, is a beautiful and magnetic but nihilistic young army officer, bored by life and indifferent to his many sexual conquests. In five linked episodes, Lermontov builds up a portrait of a man caught in and expressing the sickness of his times . Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in the Caucasus involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers, this classic tale of alienation influenced Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoyevsky and Anton Chekhov, holding up a mirror not only to Lermontov's time but also to our own.Mikhail Lermontov (1814-41) was a Russian Romantic writer and poet. As a young man Lermontov was an officer in the guards, and was sent to fight in the Caucasus after insulting the Tsar. His dramatic life ended after being shot down in a duel.Ifyou enjoyed A Hero of Our Time, you might like Andrei Bely's Petersburg , also available in Penguin Clasics.'One of the most vivid and persuasive portraits of the male ego ever put down on paper'Neil LaBute, from the Foreword Item Length: 128mm Item Width: 14mm Item Weight: 174g Release Year: 2009 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
