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A hero of our time / Mikhail Lermontov ; translated from the Russian by Vladimir and Dmitri Nabokov

By:

Lermontov, MiKhail IUrevich, 1814-1841

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Everyman's libraryPublication details: New York : A.A. Knopf , 1992.Description: xxix, 186 p. ; 22 cmISBN:

9780679413271

Uniform titles:

Geroi nashego vremeni . English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Psychological fiction

DDC classification:

FIC LER

LOC classification:

PG3337.L4 G4133 1992

Summary: (Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) In its adventurous happenings its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues A Hero of Our Timelooks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin the archetypal Russian antihero Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories of a Russian literature that it helped, in great measure, to make possible. This edition includes a Translator's Foreword by Vladimir Nabokov, who translated the novel in collaboration with his son, Dmitri Nabokov.

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC LER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Expurgado/No disponible		039504

(Book Jacket Status: Jacketed) In its adventurous happenings its abductions, duels, and sexual intrigues A Hero of Our Timelooks backward to the tales of Sir Walter Scott and Lord Byron, so beloved by Russian society in the 1820s and '30s. In the character of its protagonist, Pechorin the archetypal Russian antihero Lermontov's novel looks forward to the subsequent glories of a Russian literature that it helped, in great measure, to make possible. This edition includes a Translator's Foreword by Vladimir Nabokov, who translated the novel in collaboration with his son, Dmitri Nabokov.

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