MIKHAIL LERMONTOV was born in Moscow in 1814. Influential as a
poet, novelist, and visual artist, Lermontov died in 1941 at the
age of 26.
VLADIMIR NABOKOV was born in St. Petersburg, Russia, in 1899. After
studying French and Russian literature at Trinity College,
Cambridge, he launched his literary career in Berlin and Paris. In
1940 he moved to the United States, here he achieved renown as a
novelist, poet, critic, and translator. Lolita, arguably his most
famous novel, was first published, by the Olympia Press, Paris, on
September 15, 1955, and became a controversial success. Nabokov
died in Montreux Switzerland in 1977.
"It's high time an up-to-date and idiomatic version of A Hero of
Our Time was made available to American readers. Marion Schwartz's
translation of Lermontov's classic adventure novel captures all the
suppleness and wit of Lermontov's prose, the fine texture of his
descriptions and the galloping rhythm of his narrative passages.
This is a fine addition to the Modern Library." -- Michael
Scammell
“Military life in the Caucasus, bandits, duels, romance--at the
hands of a passionate adventurer with "a restless imagination, an
insatiable heart. That is Pechorin, and also Lermontov. If you have
a personal all-time bestseller list, make room for A Hero of our
Time. “-- Alan Furst
"In Russia Mikhail Lermontov is considered one of the greatest
writers of the nineteenth century. Marian Schwarz's compelling
translation shows us why." -- Peter Constantine
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