Title: A hero of our time
Description: In A Hero of Our Time, the first great Russian novel, a young officer, passionate and world-weary, is posted to the Caucasus and becomes involved in a series of adventures. A dazzlingly original work of fiction, the novel is newly translated together with Pushkin's travel narrative, A Journey to Arzrum, with introduction and notes.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Kidnapping, Military History, Armed Forces, Officers, Fiction, Fiction, general, Europe, fiction, Long Now Manual for Civilization
Places: Caucasus, Russia
Time periods: 1801-1917, 1533-1917