A Hero of Our Time Paperback - 2009
by Mikhail Lermontov; Natasha Randall (Translator); Introduction by Natasha Randall
A brilliant new translation of a perennial favorite of RussianLiterature
The first major Russian novel, A Hero of Our Timewas both lauded and reviled upon publication. Its dissipated hero,twenty-five-year-old Pechorin, is a beautiful and magnetic but nihilisticyoung army officer, bored by life and indifferent to his manysexual conquests. Chronicling his unforgettable adventures in theCaucasus 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-daycounterparts in Anthony Burgess's A Clockwork Orange, the novelsof Chuck Palahniuk, and the films and plays of Neil LaBute.
Summary
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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- Title A Hero of Our Time
- Author Mikhail Lermontov; Natasha Randall (Translator); Introduction by Natasha Randall
- Binding Paperback
- Edition International Ed
- Pages 208
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Group, New York
- Date 2009-05-26
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Maps, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780143105633 / 0143105639
- Weight 0.36 lbs (0.16 kg)
- Dimensions 7.76 x 5.08 x 0.65 in (19.71 x 12.90 x 1.65 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress subjects Russia - Social life and customs - 1533-1917, Russia - History, Military - 1801-1917
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009006797
- Dewey Decimal Code 891.733
Media reviews
-James Wood, London Review of Books
"[A] smart, spirited new translation."
-The Boston Globe
"One of the most vivid and persuasive portraits of the male ego ever put down on paper."
-Neil LaBute, from the Foreword
Citations
- London Review of Books, 02/11/2010, Page 19
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