Mikhail Lermontov

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A Hero of Our Time (Unabridged) (MP3-Download)

Ungekürzte Lesung. 370 Min.

Sprecher: Boulton, Nicholas

Beschreibung

Grigori Aleksandrovich Pechorin is an enigma: arrogant, cocky, melancholic, brave, cynic, romantic, loner, socialite, soldier, free soul, and yet, victim of the world, he eludes definition and remains a mystery to those who know him. Just who is he? And what does he hope to achieve? Evolving from first person to third person, and then into a diary, A Hero of Our Time takes on a variety of forms to interrogate Pechorin's cryptic character and his unusual philosophy, providing breathtaking descriptions of the Caucasus along the way. The novel has been hailed as an influence on such writers as Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy and Chekhov, and is a striking take on Lord Byron's 'superfluous man'; it harks back to the teaching of Machiavelli, while anticipating the future work of Nietzsche.

Autor

Mikhail Lermontov (15 October 1814 - 27 July 1841) was a Russian Romantic writer, poet, and painter. He is considered the most important Russian poet after Alexander Pushkin's death in 1837 and the greatest figure in Russian Romanticism. His influence on later Russian literature is still felt in modern times, not only through his poetry, but also through his prose, which founded the tradition of the Russian psychological novel. A Hero of Our Time, a set of five loosely linked stories unfolding the drama of the two conflicting characters, Pechorin and Grushnitsky, who move side by side towards a tragic finale as if driven by destiny itself, proved to be Lermontov's magnum opus. Vissarion Belinsky praised it as a masterpiece. In Russia A Hero of Our Time seems to have never lost its relevance: the title itself became a token phrase explaining dilemmas haunting this country's intelligentsia. And Lermontov's reputation as an 'heir to Pushkin' there is seldom doubted.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Naxos Audiobooks
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 370 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Dezember 2017
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781781980736
• Artikelnr.: 50098395