Lermontov Mikhail - A Hero Of Our Time - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
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 La Bute 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 La Bute from the Foreword
Title: A Hero Of Our Time
Author(s): Lermontov Mikhail
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Barcode: 9780143105633
Pages: 208 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/1/2009
Category: Modern & Contemporary Fiction