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A Hero of Our Time
Contributor(s): Lermontov, Mikhail (Author), Randall, Natasha (Translator), Randall, Natasha (Introduction by)

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ISBN: 0143105639     ISBN-13: 9780143105633
Publisher: Penguin Group
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Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2009
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Annotation: A Hero Of Our Time (1839) is the only novel written by one of Russia's greatest Romantic poets, Mikhail Lermontov -- considered by many to be the Russian counterpart of Lord Byron -- who died in a duel at the age of 26, leaving behind an unforgettable literary legacy.

This beloved classic has everything for the modern reader -- dangerous liaisons, elegant psychological complexity, dark passion, emotional tension, romantic duels and deception, fiery action in the Caucasus, beautiful and exotic women with flair . . .

And the sexiest Byronic anti-hero in all of Russian literature.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Romance - Historical - General
- Fiction | Action & Adventure
Dewey: 891.733
LCCN: 2009006797
Age Level: 18-UP
Grade Level: 13-UP
Series: Penguin Classics
Physical Information: 0.65" H x 5.08" W x 7.76" L (0.36 lbs) 208 pages
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
Review Citations: London Review of Books 02/11/2010 pg. 19
 
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A brilliant new translation of a perennial favorite of Russian literature

The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Time was both lauded and reviled upon publication. Its dissipated 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. Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in the Caucasus involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers, this classic tale of alienation influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov in Lermontov's own century, and finds its modern-day counterparts in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, the novels of Chuck Palahniuk, and the films and plays of Neil LaBute.
 
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