{"product_id":"a-hero-of-our-time-9780143105633","title":"A Hero of Our Time","description":"\u003cb\u003eA brilliant new translation of a perennial favorite of Russian literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The first major Russian novel, \u003ci\u003eA Hero of Our Time\u003c\/i\u003e 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\u003ci\u003e A Clockwork Orange\u003c\/i\u003e, the novels of Chuck Palahniuk, and the films and plays of Neil LaBute.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Penguin Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780143105633\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.76h x 5.08w x 0.65d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/11\/2010 pg. 19\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Mikhail Lermontov","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43084080971957,"sku":"9780143105633","price":12.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_45b188f8-7ac0-44c8-bc7b-8be367ada787.jpg?v=1692109996","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-hero-of-our-time-9780143105633","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}