{"product_id":"a-hero-of-our-time-65445356","title":"A Hero of Our Time","description":"\u003cp\u003eA masterpiece of Russian prose, Mikhail Lermontov's \u003ci\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e is translated with an introduction and notes by Natasha Randall, and a foreword by Neil LaBute, author of \u003ci\u003ereasons to be pretty\u003c\/i\u003e, in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first major Russian novel, \u003ci\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ethe sickness of his times\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMikhail 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIfyou enjoyed \u003ci\u003eA Hero of Our Time, \u003c\/i\u003eyou might like Andrei Bely's \u003ci\u003ePetersburg\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Clasics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most vivid and persuasive portraits of the male ego ever put down on paper'\u003cbr\u003eNeil LaBute, from the Foreword\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Standard Order","offer_id":46294506209516,"sku":"8838765445356-P","price":54.07,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"OS","offer_id":46374027264236,"sku":"8838765445356-OS","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/2797\/2076\/files\/9780143105633.jpg?v=1743061139","url":"https:\/\/astoura.com\/products\/a-hero-of-our-time-65445356","provider":"Astoura","version":"1.0","type":"link"}