A Hero of Our Time (Rev)
Mikhail Lermontov
(Author)
Paul Foote
(Translator)
Description
The first example of the psychological novel in Russia, A Hero of Our Time influenced Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky, and Chekhov, and other great nineteenth-century masters that followed. Its hero, Pechorin, is Byronic in his wasted gifts, his cynicism, and his desire for any kind of action-good or ill-that will stave off boredom. Outraging many critics when it was first published in 1840, A Hero of Our Time follows Pechorin as he embarks on an exciting adventure involving brigands, smugglers, soldiers, rivals, and lovers. This edition includes a new introduction, chronology, suggestions for further reading, maps, and full explanatory notes.
Product Details
Price
$15.00
$13.95
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publish Date
October 01, 2001
Pages
208
Dimensions
5.12 X 7.76 X 0.51 inches | 0.36 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780140447958
BISAC Categories:
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About the Author
Paul Foote was, until his retirement, a university lecturer in Russian and fellow of The Queen's College, Oxford.
Reviews
"Natasha Randall's English, in her new translation, has exactly the right degree of loose velocity. . . . (Nabokov's version, the best-known older translation, is a bit more demure than Randall's, less savage.)"
-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
-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
