Hero of Our Time

A masterpiece of Russian prose, Lermontov's only novel was influential for many later nineteenth-century authors, including Tolstoy, Dostoyevsky and Chekhov. It features Pechorin who is a dangerous man, Byronic in his wasted gifts and his cynicism, and desperate for any kind of action that will stave off boredom.

O capodopera a prozei rusesti, singurul roman al lui Lermontov a influentat multi autori de mai tarziu ai secolului al XIX-lea, printre care Tolstoi, Dostoievski si Cehov. Il prezinta pe Pechorin, care este un barbat periculos, Byronic in darurile sale irosite si cinismul sau si disperat dupa orice fel de actiune care sa evite plictiseala.